Lorraine Burgess is stepping down from her role as lead dementia nurse consultant at The Christie after a remarkable 51-year career in healthcare, including the past 14 years helping transform support for cancer patients at The Christie who are living with dementia.
Read The Christie’s dementia nurse consultant Lorraine to retire after 51 years caring for NHS patients Article
The TORPEdO trial, co-led by The Christie, found that standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is as effective as proton beam therapy for treating oropharyngeal cancer, a type of throat cancer.
Read Results of UK's first proton beam therapy study published in The Lancet Article
Researchers will investigate whether halving the dose of hormone therapies such as abiraterone and enzalutamide can offer patients the same life-extending benefits but with fewer side effects.
Read Hormone-blocking prostate cancer trial opens at The Christie Article
A retired nurse from Hollinwood, Oldham, is benefiting from a new way of getting lifesaving renal cancer treatment that takes minutes rather than hours only 20 minutes from her home.
Read Oldham patient benefits from faster cancer treatment from The Christie Article
Young cancer patients can now use Minecraft to explore what it’s like inside the proton beam therapy centre at The Christie, in Manchester.
Read Proton beam therapy comes to Minecraft to help children prepare for cancer treatment at The Christie Article
A message from Dr Neil Bayman, Executive Medical Director at The Christie, on the launch of the Government’s new cancer plan .
Read Launch of the National Cancer Plan Article
Duncan Edmonstone from Sandbach in Cheshire was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer 6 years ago. He started on a targeted treatment called alectinib, which he is still on today.
Read Lung cancer patient doing well after 6 years thanks to targeted treatment Article
Thank you to everyone who has contacted us about the Federated Data Platform (FDP). We recognise that how the NHS uses data is important to patients and the public, and we understand why people want clarity and reassurance about security, confidentiality, transparency, and ethics.
Read Statement on the Federated Data Platform (FDP) Article
Graham Caveney, a 61-year-old author and journalist from Accrington, has seen his advanced food pipe (oesophageal) cancer shrink by 50% thanks to a drug trial at The Christie.
Read Author sees advanced cancer shrink by half on clinical trial at The Christie Article
Sam Birchall, the lead guitarist in indie band The Lilacs, is the first person in Europe to have a lymph node removal operation for testicular cancer that has spread and go home the same day.
Read Indie guitarist is first in Europe to have groundbreaking robotic operation Article
Researchers at The Christie are looking at whether 2 de-escalated (lower doses) of targeted radiotherapy are as effective as 2 regular doses at treating men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
Read New lower-dose radiotherapy trial opens at The Christie Article
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