News from the MCRC
Researcher Stories
27/01/2021
Meet Dr Gemma Owens
Gemma is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer investigating predictive and therapeutic biomarkers for tumour infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy.
Researcher Stories
26/01/2021
Meet Dr Anu Datta
He’s a Specialist Registrar in Radiology and is undertaking a clinical PhD which is funded by Cancer Research UK.
Researcher Stories
26/01/2021
Meet Dr Laura Forker
Laura is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer researching hypoxia and radiotherapy in soft tissue sarcoma.
Researcher Stories
25/01/2021
Meet Melanie Seaton
MCRC Blog
15/01/2021
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.
Research Spotlight
11/01/2021
Ultraviolet radiation causes rare type of eye cancer
Director's Update
18/12/2020
Director’s Update – December 2020
Partner News
02/12/2020
Professor Caroline Dive is named as Interim Director of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
Research Spotlight
09/11/2020
‘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.
Research Spotlight
06/11/2020
Lynch syndrome and endometrial cancer: How our research led to new NICE guidance
Partner News
02/11/2020
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
Partner News
26/10/2020
Mum’s heartfelt reason for backing children’s brain tumour research
MCRC Blog
23/10/2020
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.
Research Spotlight
22/10/2020
Manchester launches national project to understand changes in radiotherapy treatment for lung cancer patients during COVID-19
A new national project investigating changes in radiotherapy services during COVID-19 has been launched by a team of Manchester cancer clinicians.
