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A scientist who lost his mum to cancer has spoken out about how his loss pushes him to continue to search for new treatments and ways to prevent the disease.
Dominic Rothwell, 53, is the Deputy Director at the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre in Manchester, working alongside other dedicated scientists to move towards a world where everyone can live 'longer, better lives free from the fear of the disease'. Yet, for Dominic, he has an extra push motivating his work.
In 2020, Dominic sadly lost his mum Margaret to colorectal cancer, aged 74. He noted how cancer had begun to 'affect his life more' as he got older, with people in his life being diagnosed with the disease.
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Dominic, who lives in Hazel Grove, said: "Cancer has started to affect my life more the older I have become. As we know one in two of us will get cancer in our lifetimes. Unfortunately, I lost my mum in the last couple of years, so I understand how heartbreaking this disease can be.
"But I am very fortunate with the job that I do, that I can make a difference with cancer research funding. I get to see the benefits when we translate the research we’re doing directly to cancer patients, and I can really see those tangible differences.”
He and his team's research at the centre focuses on biomarker testing, which uses liquid biopsies to look for genes, proteins and other cancer-associated molecules. This allows them to gain information on a person's cancer and how it is behaving.
Most importantly, the biomarkers can identify an individual's tumour type which helps them predict what treatment would be best for them as well as when a tumour may be resistant to
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