GONADS -It's a serious message

Trust Ambassadors, Super League stars Andy Raleigh and Keith Senior put themselves in the frame and played fun roles to help us all understand a little more about the research the trust is undertaking.  We hope you like it - and you too will support the Gonads Campaign.

Dr Johnathan Joffe is a consultant medical oncologist based at Huddersfield Royal infirmary.
He is also a consultant in Leeds where he co-manages the regional testicular cancer service with Dr Dan Stark and Professor Peter Selby. Dr Joffe is the Chairperson of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Testicular Cancer Clinical Studies Group (CSG), which plans and coordinates research for testicular cancer across the country. Dr Joffe and Dr Stark, on behalf of the NCRI Testis CSG and also the Gynaecological CSG and Teenage and Young adults CSG are coordinating an important research project, funded by the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust, looking into the differences between testicular and ovarian germ cell tumours in patients in different age groups.

The research involves collaborations with laboratories and clinical teams across the UK and, also, collaboration with centres and specialists in the USA and Europe. It is hoped that this research will, for the first time, explain why these tumours behave differently in different age groups and will demonstrate the optimal way to treat and cure more patients with these cancers which are some of the most common in young people. Take a look at our Gonads campaign film >