University of Manchester - Archive (cancer)
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2023
16
March
2023
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09:32
Europe/London
Imaging researchers have taken a major step towards their ultimate goal of identifying cancers that are starved of oxygen so that altered treatment can be used to target them more effectively....
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23
January
2023
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15:52
Europe/London
The search for new cancer treatments in Manchester is to receive a major funding investment of up to £3m, providing future hope for people diagnosed with the disease....
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05
January
2023
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01:34
Europe/London
A rare variant of a protein present in nearly all human cells may hold the key to improving the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment, according to University of Manchester research funded by Breast Cancer Now. ...
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2022
23
November
2022
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09:24
Europe/London
Cancer Research UK, The University of Manchester and Roche Products Ltd (‘Roche’), today (Wednesday 23rd), announce that they have opened a multi-drug, precision medicine trial for people with rare cancers who need more treatment options....
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12
October
2022
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12:33
Europe/London
A groundbreaking initiative by Manchester and Kenyan researchers to bring world leading oesophageal cancer early detection and research to Kenya has received £2.6 million funding from the Government through the National Institute for Health Research....
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04
October
2022
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17:00
Europe/London
A new study by scientists at PharmaKure - a UK based pharmaceutical company spun out from The University of Manchester -is to examine blood biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease patients....
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22
September
2022
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15:42
Europe/London
Greater Manchester’s capacity to detect and diagnose cancers – and other health conditions which disproportionally affect the city region’s population – has been accelerated through a new strategic partnership....
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21
September
2022
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23:59
Europe/London
Current international breast cancer surgery guidelines need urgent revision, according to a meta-analysis of 68 studies comprising 112,140 patients by University of Manchester researchers....
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20
September
2022
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09:00
Europe/London
Professor Petra Hamerlik, one of the world’s leading experts in neuro-oncology, has joined The University of Manchester to develop translational brain tumour research as the first-ever The Brain Tumour Charity Chair of Translational Neuro-Oncology....
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24
August
2022
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15:07
Europe/London
Doctors could one day diagnose and characterise early stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with a simple blood test thanks to a transatlantic study led by CRUK Manchester Institute Cancer Biomarker Centre researchers at the University of Manchester wi...
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06
June
2022
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14:41
Europe/London
High doses of drug called ifosfamide are the best way to treat a cancer of children which affects bones and soft tissues, compared to three other treatments, according to University of Manchester researchers....
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01
June
2022
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07:38
Europe/London
A study of 1.3 million women in England has provided evidence to support the extension of cervical cancer screening intervals from three years to five years for those that have a negative screen result....
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10
May
2022
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12:20
Europe/London
A ban of commercially available indoor tanning would substantially reduce deaths from melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, a study led by University of Manchester researchers has concluded....
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05
May
2022
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16:08
Europe/London
A simple blood test that can be given by GPs could help diagnose ovarian cancer faster and more accurately, particularly for women under the age of 50, according to research funded by leading women’s health charity, Wellbeing of Women....
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17
March
2022
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10:19
Europe/London
Dr. Na Yu (Cherry) Chia launched her medtech start up ErleaDx, after her studies at The University of Manchester....
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26
January
2022
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09:00
Europe/London
A new trial opens in Greater Manchester today which is to test cutting-edge wearable technologies involving patients who have received cancer treatment....
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2021
21
December
2021
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00:24
Europe/London
Cancer Research UK, The University of Manchester and Roche, today (Monday 20th), announce a partnership to run a multi-drug, precision medicine platform trial for adults and children with rare cancers who have run out of other treatment options.
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09
December
2021
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15:17
Europe/London
Dr. Na Yu (Cherry) Chia launched her medtech start up ErleaDx, after her studies at The University of Manchester....
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14
October
2021
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13:00
Europe/London
Dr Garth Funston and colleagues including professor Emma Crosbie from The University of Manchester have won the 2020 Research Paper of the Year for Clinical Research, awarded by the Royal College of General Practitioners, for their paper on detecting...
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09
September
2021
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14:24
Europe/London
More patients who have a type of internal radiotherapy used for reoccurring prostate cancer have side effects compared to two other forms of radiation treatment, a review of 39 academic studies has shown.
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05
August
2021
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10:27
Europe/London
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) today announces the relaunch of radiochemistry at the Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre (WMIC) in Manchester. The facility, which was closed in 2020, includes the multi-million pound cyclotron, one of only a handful ...
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14
June
2021
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13:34
Europe/London
Smartwatches could help prepare patients for major surgery, improving their recovery, researchers at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester have found in a study sppnsored by The Univesity of Manchester.
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03
June
2021
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15:41
Europe/London
Women may have a stronger immune response to a common form of skin cancer than men, according to early research on mice and human cells.
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29
March
2021
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14:55
Europe/London
A UK-wide study involving patients with early breast cancer has shown their care was no less safe and effective than before the pandemic started.
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24
February
2021
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12:18
Europe/London
A new research development from The University of Manchester and the Christie NHS Foundation Trust has shown progress for developing a potential new cancer treatment using high energy electron beams.
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11
February
2021
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10:00
Europe/London
A simple non-invasive test can accurately detect womb cancer according to a proof of concept study by University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) scientists.
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04
February
2021
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13:57
Europe/London
Cancer doctors, researchers and patients from across Greater Manchester have joined forces with Manchester poet Tony Walsh this World Cancer Day, to highlight their continued commitment to cancer services, despite the on-going pandemic.
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01
February
2021
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23:30
Europe/London
Giving people with bladder cancer fewer but larger doses of radiation reduces the risk of their disease returning and should be adopted as the new standard of care, a new study shows.
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11
January
2021
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10:00
Europe/London
Ultraviolet radiation can cause a rare type of eye cancer, conjunctival melanoma, according to University of Manchester research funded by Cancer Research UK and others* and published** in Nature Communications today (Monday).
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2020
11
December
2020
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07:01
Europe/London
Results from the first national study of children with cancer who test positive from COVID-19 has found that these patients do not appear to be at any increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection compared to healthy children.
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