Frances Balkwill
Queen Mary, University of London
Barts & The London School of Medicine
John Vane Science Centre
Charterhouse Square
London
EC1M 6BQ
United Kingdom
Email: f.balkwill@qmul.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7882 3885
Web: Lab website
About Frances Balkwill
Professor Frances Balkwill leads the Centre for Cancer and Inflammation at Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry. She is investigating the links between cancer and inflammation, with a particular focus on ovarian cancer. Professor Balkwill aims to use the results from her lab studies to develop new anti-cancer treatments, and her team is involved in several early-phase clinical trials.
Frances Balkwill other research projects
Funding period: 01 October 2009 to 30 November 2011
Recent publications
p21 promotes oncolytic adenoviral activity in ovarian cancer and is a potential biomarker
Mol Cancer.2010;9 :175
The tumor-promoting actions of TNF-alpha involve TNFR1 and IL-17 in ovarian cancer in mice and humans
J Clin Invest.2009;119 :3011-3023
