About

COLO-SPEED was devised by a group of keen bowel cancer researchers and funded with a grant of £985,000 from NHS cancer charity, the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. COLO-SPEED aims to be the world's largest research platform developing and delivering bowel cancer research, within bowel cancer screening, prevention, and early diagnosis.

COLO-SPEED is transforming endoscopy units into colorectal cancer research recruitment centres, building the world’s largest ‘experimental platform’ for colorectal cancer prevention and research. COLO-SPEED wants to help as many people as possible to get involved in colorectal research, whether they are a patient attending hospital for tests, someone diagnosed with bowel cancer, or just have an interest in it. Through our programme of research studies and events people can take part in specific research studies, help us shape research questions of the future, or come to events to hear about cutting edge findings. Our mission is to make research involvement easy and accessible, which we do through recruitment at hospital sites, in-person engagement activities and involvement group, as well as through our online COLO-SPEED Research Network. COLO-SPEED enables the delivery of cutting-edge research, for clinicians (doctors and nurses), researchers, and industry partners, by ensuring we have the infrastructure and experience to support research to be conducted robustly and rapidly.