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From recruiting participants in Manchester and Jamaica to working with communities to shape the research.

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Where we are now

Follow the progress of our study in the UK, Jamaica and our communities.

UK RECRUITMENT

Recruitment is underway

We have begun recruiting participants through The Christie in Manchester.

We are keen to increase participation from Black men so that their experiences and samples are represented in this research.

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JAMAICA RECRUITMENT

Getting ready to recruit

Our study has received the necessary ethics approval in Jamaica.

Participant recruitment at the University Hospital of the West Indies will begin soon.

● Starting soon
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Shaping the research together

Patients and community contributors are helping us improve how we carry out and communicate our research.

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Our project journey

01
ONGOING

Listening to patient voices

Patient and public involvement sessions helped shape our research approach and materials.

02
CURRENT

Recruitment begins in the UK

We have started recruiting participants through The Christie in Manchester.

03
NEXT STEP

Recruitment begins in Jamaica

Ethics approval is in place and recruitment at UWI will begin soon.

04
UPCOMING

Samples & sequencing

Samples will be collected and prepared for genomic sequencing.

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UPCOMING

Data analysis & discovery

We will analyse the genomic data to understand how prostate cancer develops and evolves.

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UPCOMING

Sharing findings & impact

We will share findings with participants, communities, researchers and healthcare teams.

Community members discussing prostate cancer research
GET INVOLVED

Help us make prostate cancer research more representative.

You can help us better understand why prostate cancer develops and behaves differently between men. Help us shape our research.

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