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Scientists have determined a new way to protect the hair follicle from chemotherapy in an effort to prevent hair loss as a result of cancer treatments. ...

Plans to create a globally leading cancer research centre in Manchester have been awarded £25 million by the Research England UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF). ...

The Brain Tumour Charity has announced funding of £1.35m to support the appointment of the first Chair of Neuro-Oncology Translational Science at The University of Manchester. ...

Work led by Professor Vaskar Saha, a paediatrician from The University of Manchester, means that around 80% of children with the most common childhood cancer are now likely to survive following treatment at major centres across India, thanks to his r...

Urine testing may be as effective as the smear test at preventing cervical cancer, according to new research by University of Manchester scientists. ...

New findings about a fatal form of blood cancer could aid the development of new drugs with significantly less harmful side effects than existing chemotherapy. ...

Scientists could help match cancer patients with no other treatment options to clinical trials with experimental medicines, by analysing the genetic faults in a sample of their blood, according to research published in Nature Medicine. ...

A team of researchers across The University of Manchester have shown that a new class of drugs are able to stop ovarian cancer cells growing. ...

Annual screening for younger women aged 35-39 who have a family history of breast cancer would be highly effective in detecting tumours earlier, a major UK trial has found. ...

An Oldham  scientist is backing Cancer Research UK’s campaign for World Cancer Day and is urging everyone to join her. Habiba Begum, from the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, part of The University of Manchester, is encouraging local people t...

Manchester scientists are set to benefit from one of the biggest funding grants ever awarded by Cancer Research UK. ...

Unlike healthy tissues, tumours thrive in low-oxygen environments, often acquiring the ability to resist treatment and spread to other sites in the body. Despite being a well-known cause of therapy resistance and metastasis, the impact of low oxygen,...

Greater Manchester resident, Gen Buckley, who lost her father and brother early to bowel cancer, is urging the public to support new health research by sharing their ideas about saving lives from cancer. ...

A new tool designed by scientists at The University of Manchester has laid the foundations for in depth analysis of blood that allows the identification of previously unknown molecules in blood.   ...

The University of Manchester building for Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) researchers has been renamed in a ceremony to honour the contribution of Michael Oglesby, his family, and the Oglesby Charitable Trust to cancer research in Manchester...

A University of Manchester study of care provisions for patients diagnosed with Barrett’s Esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition, has resulted in improvements in local NHS care, which may form a blueprint for other hospitals. ...

A study of women who had gastric sleeve or bypass surgery for obesity has found that precancerous tissue in their womb reverted to normal tissue when they lost weight. ...

Carers for people with cancer are between 5 and 7 times more likely to have mental health problems than the general population, according to a landmark new study. ...

Proposals have been announced to create a world-leading precision medicine campus in the Corridor Manchester Enterprise Zone, located on the UK’s largest clinical academic campus - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. ...

A new study published today has found a way to identify men with locally advanced prostate cancer who are less likely to respond well to radiotherapy. ...

A new report by leading academics has today urged healthcare providers to radically improve the way they support carers of people approaching the end of their life. ...

A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed at The University of Manchester, has now been adapted to help scientists measure the effects of treatments on tumours. ...

An ambitious, world-class cancer research facility is to be built at The Christie on the site of the Paterson building which suffered devastating fire damage in April 2017 displacing over 300 scientists and support staff. ...

One of the world’s leading experts in genitourinary oncology is to join The University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. ...

A recently formed Manchester health consortium, led by The Christie, has been awarded nearly £7 million of funding to ensure more patients benefit from a new generation of disease-fighting drugs for cancer and non-cancer illnesses. ...

Scientists at the CRUK Manchester Institute, based at The University of Manchester, have discovered that testing skin cancer patients’ blood for tumour DNA could help predict the chances of an aggressive cancer returning. ...

A team of scientists have created a new generation of tiny remote controlled nanorobots which could one day allow doctors to diagnose disease and deliver drugs from within the human body. ...

Women who have a family history of breast cancer are set to benefit from a new genetic test at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) that assesses breast cancer risk, with plans for it to enter clinical practice within the next six months....

Radiotherapy treatment for lung cancer could have a negative effect on the health of your heart new research has found. ...

Specialists at The Christie and The University of Manchester have made a breakthrough which could potentially improve detection and treatment of anal cancer, as well as have wider implications for other cancers. ...