PhD student and neurosurgeon Nazar Vasyliv moved to Scotland to find alternative ways to treat glioblastoma patients.
A Glasgow University student from Ukraine has helped secure funding to treat brain cancer.to find alternative ways to treat glioblastoma patients.
Anthony Chalmers, Chair of Clinical Oncology at the University of Glasgow, and Dr Paul Brennan, Reader and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Edinburgh, will be supporting and training Nazar as part of this project.Professor Chalmers said: “This research project will investigate a new form of treatment for glioblastoma and look at ways to make photodynamic therapy more effective as a treatment for this aggressive brain tumour.
The treatment is set to be the first of its kind in the West of Scotland and will be worked on by Dr James Park, Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon. Around £29,000 is also being granted to focus on developing the current understanding of cachexia in pancreatic cancer.
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