Research Spotlight
22/03/2024
Kinder test could improve diagnosis of womb cancer
A simple, safe and accurate test that identifies women with womb cancer from a sample taken from the vagina has been developed by clinician scientists from The University of Manchester.
Research Spotlight
29/02/2024
Artificial Intelligence reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease
AI has helped scientists reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer which could revolutionise how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future.
Research Spotlight
22/01/2024
Manchester researchers develop first ever guideline for cancer screening in rare muscle disease
Researchers from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and University of Manchester have been instrumental in developing the first guideline for cancer screening in an inflammatory muscle disease called “myositis”, which has an increased cancer risk.
Research Spotlight
13/10/2023
Researchers are investigating how to stop triple negative breast cancer spreading
Research Spotlight
09/10/2023
Hereditary Cancers – Li Fraumeni Syndrome
We speak to Dr Emma Woodward about changing the standards of care in early detection of Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) and the ATLAS study.
Research Spotlight
04/10/2023
New research can help policymakers prioritise funding needs and allocate resource for cancer
Research Spotlight
13/09/2023
RAPID-RT: New study aims to improve survival rates for lung cancer patients
The trial aims to identify whether sparing the top of the heart during radiotherapy can help patients with lung cancer live longer.
Research Spotlight
15/04/2023
DETERMINE trial recognised at Life Science industry awards
Research Spotlight
16/03/2023
Scientists advance dream of targeted real time treatment of hypoxic cancers
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.
Research Spotlight
06/02/2023
The Christie trials pioneering pre-surgery treatment for brain tumours
Research Spotlight
02/02/2023
World-leading Ewing sarcoma clinical trial receives extra funding
Dr Martin McCabe at the University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, will benefit from an award of more than £200,000 from the Bone Cancer Research Trust to support an international clinical trial for Ewing sarcoma patients.
Research Spotlight
05/01/2023
Targeting variant of common protein may dramatically boost effectiveness of breast cancer treatment
Research Spotlight
05/10/2022
How can we encourage the UK public to stop indoor tanning?
Dr Tracy Epton, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology at The University of Manchester, summarises a recently published systematic review of qualitative evidence by The University of Manchester which assesses the reasons behind people using indoor tanning devices.
Research Spotlight
04/10/2022
Gene mutations should be tested routinely for ovarian cancer, say scientists
Scientists from The University of Manchester have shown that testing for two gene families linked to a lifetime epithelial ovarian cancer risk of between 5% and 20% has a much higher than expected detection rate.
