Clinical Librarian Service

Training

The Clinical Librarian and Electronic Services Librarian can offer the following training courses:

Introduction to Health Resources on the Internet
Searching the Healthcare Data bases
Accessing the Electronic Journals and Books
Cochrane Library
Evidence Based Healthcare Resources
Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Introduction to Critical Appraisal

For more information or to book a place on one of these courses click here.

Literature Searching

A literature searching service is provided to answer clinical questions related to patient care and questions that have arisen in the clinical setting.

The service can also undertake comprehensive literature searches of a complex nature across several databases to provide good quality evidence-based information to support research, guideline and care pathway development, audit and policy documentation.

For more information click here.

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NEWS

Gene link to higher rates of bowel cancer in men May 27, 2012

Scientists have shown for the first time that one of the sex chromosomes is involved in the development of a cancer that can afflict both genders, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study in Nature Genetics.

Anti-psychotic drug gives clues to target cancer 'stem cells' May 25, 2012

A key type of cancer cell that drives tumours' growth can be neutralised without damaging healthy cells, according to researchers in Canada.

Shelved sleep disorder drug neutralises 'undruggable' cancer cells May 23, 2012

US scientists have used an abandoned sleep disorder drug to target a cancer protein in mice that was previously considered 'undruggable'.

Increasing symptom awareness could improve cancer survival in men with mental illness May 23, 2012

Men suffering from psychiatric problems when diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die from the disease, according to a new study published today in the British Journal of Cancer.

Study confirms 'flexi scope' test reduces bowel cancer deaths May 22, 2012

A bowel cancer screening test, soon to be introduced in England, reduces the number of new cases and deaths from the disease, a US study has confirmed.

Experimental drug could target melanoma that spreads to brain May 17, 2012

A new drug could be effective for the treatment of melanoma that has spread to the brain, according to an early-stage clinical trial.

Cancer Research UK to investigate new drug combination in lung cancer May 16, 2012

Cancer Research UK’s Drug Development Office has opened the first trial of a new drug combination in patients with advanced solid tumours and in a subset of patients who have non-small cell lung cancer. This trial will combine two compounds that aim to starve the tumours while simultaneously blocking cancer cell growth.

Study uncovers genetic diversity of breast cancer May 16, 2012

Nine new genes involved in the development of breast cancer have been uncovered by Cambridge researchers, bringing the total number to at least 40.

NICE recommends prostate cancer drug abiraterone May 15, 2012

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued new draft guidance recommending the use of previously rejected prostate cancer drug abiraterone (Zytiga) on the NHS.

Premature deaths from cancer in the UK fall below 14,000 for middle age May 14, 2012

The number of people in their 50s dying prematurely from cancer in the UK has fallen below 14,000 for the first time in 40 years according to new Cancer Research UK figures published today.

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