Research

Manchester is now ranked as the best city in the UK for cancer research, giving local patients access to the newest treatments and the best possible chance of survival. 90% of our research has been ranked as internationally excellent.

The Christie is the largest cancer treatment centre of its kind in Europe and an international leader in research and development, with world firsts in cancer research since 1901. We are also partners in the Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre. This brings together the expertise, ambition and resources of organisations that already have formidable individual reputations in cancer treatment and clinical research.

We have a number of scientific groups at The Christie who run clincial trials to research new treatments for cancer patients, these include:

Breast cancer
Gastro intestinal (e.g. bowel cancer)
Genitourinary (e.g. prostate, bladder, renal, testicular and penile cancers)
Ovarian cancer
Melanoma
Lung cancer
Sarcoma

Research at The Christie also focuses on the following themes:

Prevention and diagnosis
Late effects of treatment on cancer survivors
Radiotherapy developments
Early development of novel cancer therapies
Innovative treatments
Teenage and young adults

Help us reach our target

The Christie is able to attract world leaders in cancer research because of our outstanding history of world firsts and excellent facilities. We don't have a specific fundraising target for cancer research, but every penny donated to our research projects will bring us all closer to a future without cancer. You can either make a donation towards a specific research group or help to increase our research capacity by supporting our new patient treatment centre. Thank you!