News from the MCRC
Director's Update
28/11/2024
MCRC Director’s Update – November 2024
The RadNet announcement, Continuing support for the CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, FBMH, SJTUSM and CLARA Joint Research Symposium, Manchester Lit & Phil Society, and Dr Georgina Binnie-Wright appointed as the new Strategic Research and Education Lead.
MCRC Blog
25/11/2024
CRUK Manchester Centre Celebration Event
On Monday 7th October 2024, we were delighted to host the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Manchester Centre Celebration at the OCRB, to celebrate its halfway milestone under the theme: Precision Medicine for All – The Science Behind the Centre.
Partner News
22/11/2024
Cancer Research UK invests £4m into lung cancer research in Manchester
The funding renewal for the Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence comes a decade after the Centre was launched to tackle the disease which is the third most common cancer in the UK and the biggest cancer killer
Training and Development
13/11/2024
A Warm Welcome To Our New PhD Students
MCRC Blog
11/11/2024
New Scientist Live 2024
In October 2024, science enthusiasts of all ages gathered at the Excel Centre in London for New Scientist Live, a world-renowned festival of ideas and discoveries.
MCRC Blog
07/11/2024
ASTRO 2024
Researcher Stories
06/11/2024
Meet Melville Nyatondo
Find out what a typical day looks like as a Non-Clinical PhD student at the Manchester Centre Research Centre.
Researcher Stories
04/11/2024
Meet Vlasios Gourgiotis
Partner News
30/10/2024
Manchester scientists receive £5.9 million boost to pioneering radiotherapy research programme
Manchester scientists and clinicians have received a major cash boost to fund pioneering radiotherapy research including a project that uses artificial intelligence to help save lives.
Director's Update
30/10/2024
MCRC Director’s Update – October 2024
MCRC Blog
16/10/2024
ESMO 2024
From 13th to 17th September, researchers and representatives from across the MCRC made their way to Barcelona, Spain for the 2024 European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress.
MCRC Blog
08/10/2024
BRAINatomy 2
Impact Case Study
BRAINatomy 1
Read about BRAINatomy which was led by The University of Manchester in collaboration with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust to improve the outcomes for children diagnosed with brain tumours. This project used large “real-world” datasets to learn how to develop kinder treatments, providing information about how to safely change radiotherapy planning practice.
Impact Case Study
Penile cancer
Read about a systematic review examining the clinical evidence for lymph node-positive penile cancer which has led to changes in treatment guidelines and an Impact Award for our team at The Christie and The University of Manchester. The review has since helped inform current clinical decision making and has been used to develop updated 2023 EAU-ASCO penile cancer guidelines.
