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Almost 3 in 4 in the North West don’t know obesity causes cancer

Almost three out of four (73 per cent) people in the North West are unaware of the link between obesity and cancer, according to new figures released by Cancer Research...

Worsley gran’s bid for £50k to get life-saving cancer treatment in Germany

A 57-year-old cancer patient from Worsley is seeking £50,000 in donations to help fly her to Germany for life-saving treatment. Grandmother of three June Thompson was...

Granddaughter’s delight at £1.5m boost for lung cancer research

Cancer Research UK has announced plans to fund a £1.47million research programme to lead to major advances in lung cancer treatments. A team of scientists led by Dr...

Share the love this Valentines Day and make a date to Race for Life in Manchester

Today, Valentines Day, a heartfelt invitation is going out to all women in Manchester urging them to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. Event organisers are...

50 Per cent of cancer patients in Salford to benefit from innovative exercise programme

Cancer patients are being helped back to full fitness with an innovative exercise referral programme being rolled out across Salford. CAN-Move Salford is a collaboration...

Inspired Leah Dean, 16, shaves head, battles mud to raise £3,000

A Salford teenager has won a stunning result to smash a fundraising target 20 times over for Cancer Research UK. Leah Dean, 16, vowed to shave her head in honour of...

Watch: Women’s lung cancer cases hit 20,000

Cases of lung cancer in women have reached 20,000 a year in the UK for the first time since records began, according to new Cancer Research UK statistics published...