Community Contributions to Research
Information for the public, patients, and charities
We collaborate with individuals, charities, and organisations across Greater Manchester on various projects to raise awareness of cancer research, from prevention and screening to clinical trials and research studies.
We work in a range of areas such as digital health and data management, reducing health inequities, and trialling and giving feedback on new therapeutics or treatment methods.
By highlighting and sharing community feedback in our work, it helps us to support sustainable cancer research programmes. Together, we work towards listening to community voices, experiences, and expertise to reduce cancer inequities and improve patient outcomes for all.
How can I get involved?
We work with community partners in a variety of ways including:
- planning and attending events, such as open days, lab tours and taster sessions
- co-hosting workshops to develop new initiatives and programmes and to share resources
- sitting on management committees as a lay member or patient contributor, offering insights into their work and providing feedback
- joining clinical trials as a volunteer or as a patient on a cancer pathway
Current Projects
Please see research projects below which you may be able to get involved in:
Keywords for this project: Repeat radiotherapy (reirradiation), survivorship, side effects, head and neck, lung, paediatric cancers
Overview
Radiotherapy is used for around half of all cancer patients, and more people are living longer because of improved treatment options. However, some patients experience their cancer returning or new tumour can develop in an area because of their previous radiotherapy treatment.
This project is aiming to understand the risk of re-radiation and possible related side effects.
Keywords: paediatric cancers, hereditary disease, risk prediction, gene alternations, genomics
Overview
Child cancers are uniquely emotive, and hereditary disease is an issue which affects the whole family. However, we do not have a good understanding of risk of developing cancers when a person has a gene alteration which is linked to cancer.
This project aims to do population modelling to build a tool which gives clinicians, patients, and their families a better idea of risk to developing disease, and aims to build a set of supports to help navigate your understanding of genomics and what pathways may be open to you to monitor and mitigate those risks.
Patient, Public Involvement and Engagement
Resources for Researchers
