GM Cancer News

To support World Cancer Day and raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of stomach and gullet cancer (also known as upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer) in the City of Salford, a new campaign called Stop. Look. Listen… to Your Body has been launched. The campaign aims to educate Salford men over 40 about the importance of being persistent if they notice ongoing symptoms and to encourage them to speak to their GP practice to get checked out. The campaign which launched on World Cancer Day (Sunday 4 February) aims to get people to take action and [...]

A legal secretary from Oldham is urging others to make sure they attend their cervical screening test as she prepares for cancer treatment. Laura Hope, 35, from Failsworth, went for her cervical screening appointment (also known as a smear test) at her GP practice in October last year. A few weeks later she got a letter informing her that the test had shown high-risk human papilloma virus (HPV) and some abnormal cells. To mark Cervical Cancer Prevention Week Laura Hope speaks about her cervical cancer diagnosis. Laura was then sent on to The Royal [...]

BUS drivers in Greater Manchester have been stripping off to produce not one but two cheeky calendars for 2024! The naked calendars featuring Stagecoach Manchester staff will raise money to support breast cancer and prostate cancer charities. Staff hope they’ll also act as a year-long reminder for people to be aware of the signs and symptoms of cancer and to get checked out if they notice something that’s not normal for them. Stagecoach Manchester bus drivers and staff who have posed for a semi naked 2024 calendar to help raise funds and awareness about cancer. [...]

Past and current smokers in Leigh aged between 55–74 years old are being invited to have an NHS Lung Health Check in a drive to save more lives. A mobile health clinic has been stationed at Tesco in Hindley since mid-November where more than 3102 people have benefitted from a Lung Health Check. Now the service will be available at Tesco Extra in Leigh from Monday 22 January. Lung Health Checks are now available in Leigh for people aged 55-74 who are smokers or previous smokers. A scanner and clinic will be housed in [...]

Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance has recently signed up to the ‘Bee Seen, Get Screened’ pledge, in partnership with Answer Cancer, the Greater Manchester Screening Engagement Programme. This pledge guarantees that staff will be able to attend cancer screening appointments during work hours, if unable to get an appointment at a different time. Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance is supporting Answer Cancer’s engagement strategy by raising the profile of health and wellbeing in the workplace and empowering everyone to look after their health. The ‘Bee Seen – Get Screened’ campaign is raising awareness of the three NHS [...]

The Greater Manchester Cancer Awards 2024 are now open for entries. The awards, brought to you by the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance, honour outstanding work to improve lives and treatment for people affected by cancer in Greater Manchester. The Greater Manchester Cancer Awards are now open for entry. They are open to teams in NHS, research, voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE), and public health /local authority sectors. This recognises the collaborative approach teams take in Greater Manchester to work across organisational boundaries to make things better for patients. The Alliance is inviting entries [...]

Past and current smokers in parts of Wythenshawe aged between 55–74 years old are being invited to have an NHS Lung Health Check. The new checks are the latest phase of the Greater Manchester Targeted Lung Health Check Programme – a drive to help improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer and save more lives. The programme is jointly organised by the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. A scanner and clinic will be housed in a mobile unit at The Wythenshawe Forum, Centre Forum Square, Benchill M22 5RX .  Initially it is [...]

Over the coming weeks, hundreds of participants in Manchester and Trafford who enrolled on the NHS-Galleri trial in 2021 will be returning to mobile clinics for their last of three appointments for the trial. Participants will be asked to give a blood sample to help the NHS see if using the Galleri® blood test alongside existing cancer screening can help detect cancer early. Finding cancer early often means it is easier to treat. Since the NHS-Galleri trial first arrived in Greater Manchester in October 2021 the trial has successfully enrolled over 140,000 volunteers from many [...]

The Greater Manchester Cancer Conference will be held on 14 and 15 May 2024 at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate. The event is organised by the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance. This year’s theme is Empowerment in Practice: Communities, Professionals and Researchers.  The Greater Manchester Cancer Conference will be held on 14 - 15 May 2024 The event will explore topics such as digital empowerment, personalised care, working with under-served communities to reduce health inequalities, and much more. The conference is the Alliance’s flagship event, bringing together all of the Greater Manchester cancer system and partners [...]

Past and current smokers in Hindley in Wigan aged between 55–74 years old are being invited to have an NHS Lung Health Check. The new checks are the latest phase of the Greater Manchester Targeted Lung Health Check Programme - a drive to help improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer and save more lives. The programme is jointly organised by the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Staff outside the Targeted Lung Health Check truck in Hindley A scanner and clinic will be housed in a mobile unit in Tesco, [...]