Meet Dr Helen Clarke

She’s a Senior Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and is undertaking a clinical PhD, jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and the NIHR. Read More

Meet Dr Gemma Owens

Gemma is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer investigating predictive and therapeutic biomarkers for tumour infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy. Read More

Meet Dr Anu Datta

He’s a Specialist Registrar in Radiology and is undertaking a clinical PhD which is funded by Cancer Research UK. Read More

Meet Dr Laura Forker

Laura is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer researching hypoxia and radiotherapy in soft tissue sarcoma. Read More

Meet Melanie Seaton

Her PhD investigates human sperm as novel diagnostic and therapeutic tools for the detection and treatment of ovarian cancer lesions at an early, pre-invasive stage in the fallopian tube. Read More

Conference Report: The University of Cambridge’s MB/PhD Symposium 2020

In 2019, Cancer Research UK awarded the University of Manchester a Clinical Academic Training Award to deliver a step change in the training of prospective clinician researchers. Part of the award was to fund an MB-PhD programme and integrate PhD research into medical training. Read More

Ultraviolet radiation causes rare type of eye cancer

Ultraviolet radiation can cause a rare type of eye cancer, conjunctival melanoma, according to University of Manchester research Read More

Director’s Update – December 2020

Professor Caroline Dive is named as Interim Director of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute

‘First of its kind’ clinical trial to bring hope to people with lung cancer

A group of scientists across Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow have been awarded £900,000 from Cancer Research UK to launch a groundbreaking clinical trial for people with lung cancer. Read More

Lynch syndrome and endometrial cancer: How our research led to new NICE guidance

The publication of a new national health guideline on Lynch syndrome and endometrial (womb) cancer is an important step forward for women’s health, Lynch syndrome diagnosis, and cancer prevention. Read More

Breakthrough Oncology Development Programme launched

Bruntwood Scitech’s Alderley Park launches breakthrough Oncology Development Programme in collaboration with Cancer Research UK, Innovate UK, Medicines Discovery Catapult and global pharma and healthcare companies Read More

Mum’s heartfelt reason for backing children’s brain tumour research

A mum from Ashton-under-Lyne – whose six-year-old son was diagnosed with a brain tumour after the school nurse spotted a squint in his eye – is backing a million-dollar research project into childhood cancer research, which is being co-led by a team of scientists from Manchester. Read More

But… What about secondary breast cancer?

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Campaign was launched over 30 years ago aiming to promote breast awareness, share information about the disease and claim better screening services and treatments. Read More