News from the MCRC
Director's Update
27/02/2025
MCRC Director’s Update – February 2025
A £50m European and USA expansion to ACED, World Cancer Day 2025 and the United by Unique art exhibition in the OCRB are the highlights for February at the MCRC.
Research Spotlight
20/02/2025
£500,000 funding boost for Manchester research into breast cancer recurrence
Dr Frances Turrell will use the funding to investigate the role of a type of immune cell called macrophages in reawakening dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.
Research Spotlight
19/02/2025
Can a simple blood test spot the signs of skin cancer returning?
Scientists at the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre in Manchester have developed a simple blood test which can detect traces of skin cancer at a very early stage even when a scan looks normal.
Partner News
18/02/2025
International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED) enters its next phase with two new partners
Research Spotlight
07/02/2025
DIETRICH study tests high-fibre route to reducing cancer treatment side effects in NHS patients
The study will see cancer patients in the NHS are being given extra fibre aimed at reducing the unpleasant side effects of radiotherapy and potentially increasing its effectiveness.
Partner News
04/02/2025
New research aims to tackle barriers to cervical cancer screening as UK rates fall
MCRC Blog
31/01/2025
United By Unique
An exhibition of artworks painted by patients treated at The Christie hospital in Withington, open between 3rd-28th February 2025.
Director's Update
28/01/2025
MCRC Director’s Update – January 2025
Partner News
09/01/2025
Professor Emma Crosbie awarded prestigious NIHR Research Professorship
Dedicating her research to developing a triage tool for the early detection of endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding
Director's Update
20/12/2024
MCRC Director’s Update – December 2024
MCRC Blog
19/12/2024
UpSMART Accelerator Award
An UpSMART Digital Clinical Trials conference was held at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th November 2024 to discuss the current state of digital and AI transformation of experimental cancer medicine, the challenges faced by researchers and the opportunities ahead.
MCRC Blog
04/12/2024
Early Detection of Cancer Conference 2024
Partner News
04/12/2024
Manchester Breast Centre appoints new leadership team
Dr Sacha Howell will take on the role of Director and Dr Sankari Nagarajan Deputy Director, commencing on 1st January 2025.
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.
