Research Spotlight
Research Spotlight
14/10/2021
Research on detecting cancer in primary care wins RCGP Research Paper of the Year award
Dr Garth Funston and colleagues have won the 2020 Research Paper of the Year for Clinical Research, awarded by the Royal College of General Practitioners, for their paper on detecting cancers in primary care.
Research Spotlight
09/09/2021
Review suggests best ways to treat to reoccurring prostate cancer
The review funded by Cancer Research UK, in which academics at the Universities of Manchester and Leeds, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust screened 2,197 articles is published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology
Research Spotlight
01/09/2021
NCITA comment article published in the British Journal of Cancer
The comment article provides a comprehensive overview of the NCITA infrastructure and its goals to establish standardised protocols and quality-assured processes
Research Spotlight
08/06/2021
Women’s stronger immune response could protect from some skin cancers
Research Spotlight
25/05/2021
Scientists reveal how common anti-inflammatory drugs boost immunotherapy cancer treatments
Widely-used anti-inflammatory drugs make tumours more responsive to treatments which boost the anti-cancer function of the immune system, according to early University of Manchester research funded by Cancer Research UK.
Research Spotlight
24/03/2021
First proton beam therapy clinical trial in the UK
Research Spotlight
25/02/2021
Critical step forward for radiotherapy with a new method to treat cancer
A new research development from The University of Manchester and the Christie NHS Foundation Trust has shown progress for developing a potential new cancer treatment using high energy electron beams.
Research Spotlight
11/02/2021
Simple urine test can detect womb cancer
Research Spotlight
01/02/2021
Shorter radiotherapy course reduces risk of bladder cancer returning
Giving people with bladder cancer fewer but larger doses of radiation reduces the risk of their disease returning and should be adopted as the new standard of care, a new study shows.
Research Spotlight
11/01/2021
Ultraviolet radiation causes rare type of eye cancer
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