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Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance is launching a new breast cancer awareness campaign encouraging people to “look and feel” every month ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.  The campaign features women from the Greater Manchester area and encourages people to be vigilant and report any potential signs of breast cancer to their GP. The launch will include advertising in the Manchester Evening News and on the In Your Area and Bolton News, Oldham Times and Bury Times websites as well as social media promotion and work to promote the messages with community groups. The [...]

A teacher from Greater Manchester is urging others to trust their instincts and seek medical advice at the first sign of unusual symptoms after her own delayed visit to the GP led to a stage four cancer diagnosis. Sharon is now urging people to visit their GP if they experience symptoms - like she did - which could be ovarian cancer. Sharon Withington, 54, is a PE teacher at Stockport Grammar School. She first noticed a slightly swollen stomach in April 2024 but assumed it was weight gain. Fit, active, and eating healthily, she [...]

Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance has been shortlisted for two awards at the prestigious 2025 HSJ Awards recognising our innovation in early diagnosis and cancer diagnostics.   The Alliance is shortlisted for two HSJ Awards, including NHS Communications of the Year Award The Alliance is nominated for NHS Communications Initiative of the Year Award for the work rolling out two mobile units under the “This Van Can” banner to raise awareness about the importance of early diagnosis for ovarian and bowel cancer. Alliance staff are also in the running for the Modernising Diagnostics Award for [...]

A new study involving Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance has opened in Manchester which could improve screening and early detection of lung cancer for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, following a £1.3 million funding award. The University of Manchester project has been awarded the grant through the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call with support from SBRI Healthcare (Small Business Research Initiative) as part of a new, unique national partnership which could save lives and improve quality of life.   Researchers in Manchester will implement an innovative lung cancer risk assessment tool and an adapted care pathway [...]

A new AI-tool which helps identify men who need prostate cancer treatment most urgently is being launched by Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance at hospitals in the region. Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance is one of five cancer alliances to share a £2.25 million cash injection announced by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare to fund the scheme. The work was commissioned and funded by the NHS Cancer Programme, with the support of SBRI Healthcare and the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC). The funding will support the roll out of Lucida Medical’s AI technology, Prostate Intelligence [...]

A musician, who found himself getting so tired he was regularly falling asleep during the day, was shocked to discover he had bowel cancer. Richard Sanderson Xerri, 45, a dad-of-two, said he didn’t go to his doctor as he didn’t think his tiredness was serious enough to bother a GP. But after playing at a wedding and being extremely exhausted the next day, his wife Eirian took him to a walk-in clinic which led to a diagnosis that saved his life. Now the couple are sharing their experience to help others understand and seek medical [...]

People in Horwich who are current or former smokers are being offered an ‘MOT for their lungs’ this summer. The NHS will be offering free Lung Health Checks which can help find lung cancer at an early stage when it is much more treatable to help save lives. People who are eligible for a check will be sent an invite by post or text message. The quick checks – which will take place on board a mobile clinic parked in a community location - are for people who smoke or who have previously smoked [...]

A STOCKPORT dad-of-two is urging people not to ignore signs of cancer after his own early diagnosis and successful treatment for bladder cancer last year. Stuart Ingram, 51, says a simple decision to visit his GP after noticing blood in his urine saved his life. He said: “I noticed blood in my pee – it was the colour of rosé wine. It happened twice, and I knew something wasn’t right.” After ruling out a urinary tract infection, Stuart’s GP quickly referred him to Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport for further tests. An ultrasound revealed a lesion [...]

More people in Rochdale, who are current or former smokers are being offered an ‘MOT for their lungs’ this May. The NHS will be offering free Lung Health Checks which can help find lung cancer at an early stage when it is much more treatable to help save lives. The quick checks – which will take place on board a mobile clinic parked up at Asda Rochdale, The Old Cricket Ground, Dane Street, are for people who smoke or have smoked cigarettes or shisha and who are aged 55-74 years. The checks are currently available [...]

More people in Manchester, who are current or former smokers are being offered an ‘MOT for their lungs’ this May. The NHS will be offering free Lung Health Checks which can help find lung cancer at an early stage when it is much more treatable to help save lives. The quick checks – which will take place on board a mobile clinic parked up at Asda, Princess Road, in Hulme, are for people who smoke or have smoked cigarettes or shisha and who are aged 55-74 years. The checks are currently available for eligible people [...]