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Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Health inequalities in Greater Manchester – why they exist and what we are doing to address it

Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Author: Tracy Grey

In the second blog in our ‘addressing health inequalities in research’ series, our Public Programmes Project Manager for Communities and Inclusion, Tracy Grey, discusses some of the health inequalities that persist in our Greater Manchester population and why.

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Top 10 priorities for detecting cancer early – things we learnt during our research

Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 Author: Ellena Badrick

Ellie Badrick summarises the achievements of the top 10 priorities for detecting cancer early project in her latest blog.

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Feature – The power couple taking on cancer

Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2019

At home, Dr Philip and Professor Emma Crosbie are just like any other husband and wife juggling the family duties. At work, they are clinical academics who are transforming outcomes for patients with cancer.

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Saint Mary’s Hospital surgical team wins national award for cancer research

Posted: Tuesday, November 5, 2019

A surgical team at Saint Mary’s Hospital recently received a prestigious national award for their role in surgical trials for cancer research.

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Multimillion pound boost for Manchester scientists to detect cancer earlier

Posted: Monday, October 21, 2019

Manchester scientists are set to benefit from a major cash injection from Cancer Research UK and partners to develop radical new strategies and technologies to detect cancer at its earliest stage.

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Themed Discussion and Networking Event – Teachable Moments in Disease Prevention – 31.10.19

Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2019

A teachable moment is an event or experience which presents an opportunity to learn. This event will focus disease prevention, particularly around cancer.

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Top ten research priorities for detecting cancer early published

Posted: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Manchester cancer researchers, patients and health professionals have drawn up a ‘Top Ten’ list of unanswered questions to shape future research into cancer early detection and prevention.

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Manchester BRC researchers receive academic promotions

Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Researchers at the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) have recently been awarded academic promotions by The University of Manchester.

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News & Events Category: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

News & Events Category:
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection