The clinical oncology undergraduate essay prize
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Deadline is 5pm, Friday 14 March 2025
The Essay Prize is for an essay either on a topic relevant to clinical oncology or describing personal experience of working in a department of clinical oncology during an elective period or vacation.
Funding
£200
Eligibility
UK medical students
How to apply
Applications should be submitted by email to [email protected] no later than 5 pm on Friday, 14th March 2025. The Royal College of Radiologists' clinical oncology undergraduate committee will consider the applications and decide on a winning essay. Their decision is final and binding. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application as soon as possible after the decision.
Applications should comprise
- An indication of which prize the application is for.
- The student's full name, permanent address, and medical school.
- The essay, which should not exceed 4000 words including references and tables. Please note only the first 4000 words will be assessed.
- A supporting statement from a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, a medical school lead, or consultant project lead, who is aware of the student's work, confirming the essay, is the original work of the applicant.
Assessment Criteria
- Background information/research
- Relevance of subject matter (a focus on radiotherapy will be highly valued)
- Essay structure and presentation
- Quality of report
- Conclusion
Enquiries should be directed to [email protected]
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Previous recipients of the clinical oncology research and essay prizes
Year | Recipient | University | Title |
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2022 | Srinand Sundaram | University of Cambridge | Defining the role of radiotherapy in the treatment of oligometastatic cancer |
2021 | Patrick McAleavey | Queen's University Belfast | Radiotherapy-drug combinations in the treatment of glioblastoma multiformed: A brief review |
2020 | Katherine Gallagher | University of Leeds | Minimising therapeutic side-effects from chemoradiotherapy in HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cells carcinoma |
2019 | Hiren Dusara | Kings College London | The Role of Cannabinoids in Cancer: Perspectives Beyond Pain and Palliative Care |
2018 | Shalin Abraham | University of Cambridge | Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in the treatment of metastatic neuroendocrine tumours: is this the magic bullet we have been waiting for? |