News stories archive 2024

A photo of Christie patient Paul Simmonite.

New bladder cancer drug trialled at The Christie

A new experimental drug for the most common form of bladder cancer is showing promising results and could improve outcomes for patients in the future.

A photo of Christie patient William Bennett outside The Christie in Withington.

Stockport grandad free from blood cancer after being on a clinical trial at The Christie

A granddad from Stockport is showing no signs of cancer nearly 6 years after he first started on the FLAIR clinical trial at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist cancer centre in Manchester.

A photo of a male patient sitting on a bench in The Christie garden speaking to a male staff member who is mainly out of shot.

Diabetes drug reduces side effects of hormone therapy in men with advanced prostate cancer

The STAMPEDE trial has recruited nearly 12,000 participants, making it the world's largest intervention prostate cancer trial.

A photo of Christie patients Ian Cameron and Ian Gresty with Christie staff member Charlotte Finchett standing outside The Christie's main entrance.

How a cancer diagnosis encouraged two Ians to give up smoking and alcohol

The Christie has a dedicated team to support patients who want to give up smoking or alcohol during and after their cancer treatment - 2 such patients are Ian Gresty and Ian Cameron.

A photo of the new solar panels on the roof of The Christie.

The Christie reduces its building energy carbon emissions by 10% with an integrated energy system

A multi-technology decarbonisation project at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has reduced its building energy carbon emissions by an estimated 1,000 tonnes a year (around 10%).

A photo of Christie patient Richard Nelson sitting on a bench in The Christie garden.

Christie patient given personalised vaccine for bowel cancer

Richard Nelson from Timperley in Greater Manchester has received a new type of vaccine currently being developed to stop his bowel cancer returning, as part of a clinical trial which is being run at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.

A photo of Christie patient Laura Hudson and her baby Aurora at a tea party.

Manchester lawyer diagnosed with cancer while pregnant celebrates daughter’s first birthday

Laura Hudson, a 34-year-old lawyer from Manchester, is celebrating the first birthday of her daughter, who was born by emergency C-section just days after Laura was told she had breast cancer.

A photo of Ali Yousuf, Dr Lip Lee, Brian Deaver, Dr Aisha Umar and Jonathan Martin standing in front of the sculpture outside The Christie's main entrance.

The Christie International hosts African Medical Centre of Excellence visit

The Christie International hosted a visit from The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), Abuja, Nigeria on 24 October 2024.

Local cancer treatments save Christie patients more than 1.7 million miles

Dr. Richard Berman receiving his Christie Colleague Award from Christie Chief Executive Roger Spencer and his patient, Helen Hyndman.

The Christie Colleague Annual Awards 2024

Following nominations, shortlisting and judging, the results of the 2024 Christie Colleague Awards were announced on Thursday 10 October 2024.

chemotherapy nurse, patient in chemotherapy department, September 2022, Pan Artists, Leslie Maylett, Staff nurse, Jennifer Kemp, chemotherapy unit

The Christie is part of new multi-million-pound immunotherapy platform

The Christie is part of a nationwide team of universities, hospitals and industry partners launching a new platform to understand immunotherapy response and side effects in cancer.

A photo of Dr Richard Berman, Consultant in Supportive Oncology and Palliative Medicine at The Christie.

New supportive oncology service launched at The Christie

The supportive oncology service aims to support around 2,000 of The Christie's 60,000 patients each year who have complex problems requiring specialist interventions.

A photo of a male patient receiving radiotherapy on an Elekta Linac machine with a male radiographer and a female radiographer.

Largest lung cancer clinical trial starts to recruit patients at The Christie

The world’s largest clinical trial using radiotherapy for metastatic lung cancer patients has opened for recruitment, sponsored by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester and managed by Southampton Clinical Trials Unit.

A photo of Christie patient Elaine, her husband Alastair, and her 2 sons Stanley and Alfie sitting on a couch.

2 trials help mum with metastatic breast cancer on road to recovery

A mum of 2 from Altrincham in Greater Manchester with breast cancer has seen her tumours decrease by 65% thanks to research at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.

A photo of The Alarm frontman Mike Peters outside the Paterson research building at The Christie when he was told he was in complete remission in August 2024.

The Alarm frontman takes part in blood cancer clinical trial

The frontman for internationally-acclaimed rock band, The Alarm, who was diagnosed with a rapidly progressive blood cancer earlier this year, has seen his cancer melt away after taking a new combination of blood cancer drugs being trialled at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.

A photo of Christie patient Des Burns having the 50000th treatment provided by The Christie's at home service since 2015.

Des has chemo in his shed thanks to pioneering at home service from The Christie

A retired headteacher can have immunotherapy treatment in his garden shed, thanks to a pioneering service provided by Manchester's internationally acclaimed cancer centre, The Christie.

A photo of Christie patient Liz Bates sat in a garden.

The Christie celebrates the fifth anniversary of symptom monitoring service

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating the fifth year of its electronic patient-recorded outcome measures (ePROMs) service, MyChristie-MyHealth.

A photo of a Memorial Tree Doctors in Distress plaque at The Christie, reading "This tree is dedicated to all colleagues who have lost their lives to suicide. Planted by Dr Neil Bayman and Rev Andrew Bradley and supported by Doctors in Distress. 17 September 2024".

Memorial tree planted at The Christie for workers who have died by suicide

A photo of Christie patient Claudia Boardman wearing a Taylor Swift hoodie.

Patients star in new video for The Christie

Cancer patients from Manchester and across the North West are starring in a new film produced by Manchester’s specialist cancer centre, The Christie.

chemotherapy nurse and patient, chemotherapy department, Pan Artists, September 2022, Leslie Maylett, Chemotherapy staff nurse, Jessica Coombs

Quality of care for inpatients hits the mark

In the annual national inpatient survey, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) this week, The Christie ranked in the top group of trusts for our results.

A photo of Christie patient Velesha Ahmad being fitted for a wig in the wig room at The Christie.

How patient support services at The Christie made one patient feel more like herself

Velesha Ahmad has just finished treatment for breast cancer at The Christie. Here, she talks about the patient support services that helped her through her treatment.

A photo of a large group of staff members standing outside the front of The Christie.

We are The Christie – proud to be a hospital with a diverse workforce

People from all over the UK and the world choose to come and work at The Christie. Without them, our hospital wouldn’t function and we wouldn’t be able to provide the care we do.

A photo of Christie patient Maya Tohid standing outside the proton beam therapy centre at The Christie.

Young Christie patient nominated for 2 national awards

Maya Tohid has been nominated for a Pride of Britain and a JustGiving award after she ran nearly 100km for charity while having treatment for a brain tumour at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

A photo of nurse Helen Hyndman with her MBE.

Bury nurse devotes MBE to NHS cancer team who saved her life

A nurse has dedicated her MBE to her team at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust for giving her her life back after she had severe side effects from her cancer treatment.

A photo of a young female Christie patient drinking a cup of tea and speaking to a man, out of shot.

The Christie celebrates 18 months as the UK’s only AQA-accredited hospital

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist cancer centre in Manchester, is celebrating 18 months of being the only AQA-accredited hospital in the country.

A photo of Christie patient Lyndsey Ainscough, her husband Christian and her children, Perry Spencer and Alfie in a park.

Mum of 3 cancer-free after clinical trial at The Christie

A mother of 3 young children from Leigh in Greater Manchester is cancer-free thanks to a new drug being trialled at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.

A photo of Christie patient Sarah on her first day of treatment outside The Christie proton beam therapy centre.

Pioneering proton beam therapy trial for a rare brain tumour underway at The Christie

The Christie has treated its first patient with proton beam therapy in a pioneering clinical trial for oligodendroglioma, a rare type of brain tumour.

The Christie is the first hospital in the UK to use VR distraction therapy for children having radiotherapy

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist cancer centre in Manchester, is the first hospital in the country to use virtual reality as a distraction therapy for children and young people having radiotherapy.

A photo of Christie patient Eileen Unsworth sitting in a chair on the right with her husband Peter on the left and their black Labrador Annie sitting between them.

Pre-operative immunotherapy increases the number of patients free from bowel cancer

An immunotherapy drug at The Christie in Manchester could help between 2,000 and 3,000 bowel cancer patients in the UK every year.

Independent health services Infected Blood Inquiry report published

The final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry was published on Monday 20 May 2024.

A photo of Christie MR-Linac patient Katie Judge.

The Christie celebrates fifth anniversary of ‘game changing’ radiotherapy service

The Christie is celebrating the 5th birthday of its MR-Linac machine, which combines a normal radiotherapy unit with an MRI scanner.

A photo of Christie prostate patient Andy Fleet in a a bedroom with a window and bunting behind him.

1,000th patient enrolled on new ‘self-management’ prostate cancer pathway at The Christie

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating the first anniversary of the prostate easy access support service (PEASS) after the service has treated 1,000 patients.

A photo of Christie patient Chris Thomasson-Dale and her husband Chris standing in front of a lake.

"Challenges show I’m living life to the full with cancer"

Chris Thomasson-Dale is being treated at The Christie for stage 4 ovarian cancer. Despite that, she is taking on a sponsored skydive and run for The Christie Charity.

The Christie and The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital are designated a ‘Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence’ for Paediatric Neuro-Oncology

The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM) has proudly announced a new network of 15 brain tumour centres for children, of which six centres are designated as excellent.

New breakthrough drug for leukaemia trialled at The Christie

A new drug being trialled at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester could be a breakthrough for patients with a hard-to-treat form of leukaemia.

Patient with rare cancer inspires nurse’s marathon challenge

Paul Walker, a 45-year-old from Standish in Wigan has stage four cancer. He’s currently having chemotherapy and is taking on the London Marathon for the first time to raise money for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, the cancer centre that is treating him.

Partnership agreement celebrates collaboration between leading Australian and UK Cancer Centres

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) in Melbourne, Australia, have celebrated the signing of a joint partnership agreement.

A photo of Christie patient Terry Berry and his daughter Carla in a wedding car for Carla's wedding.

Food poisoning led to rare cancer discovery for Wigan man

Terry got to see his eldest daughter get married and met his fourth grandchild thanks to taking part in research at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.

iMATCH funding

A group led by Professor Fiona Thistlethwaite, medical oncology consultant at The Christie has received funding from the National Institute for Health Research.

"I got diagnosed with cancer and found my drag alter ego"

When Jay Swinnerton was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2017, they found a new lease of life through the art of drag - they discuss their treatment at The Christie and finding joy and creativity during a cancer diagnosis.

A photo of Christie patient and governor Phil Ormesher on the right, reunited with his consultant radiographer at The Christie Cathy Taylor on the left after 11 years. The 2 are standing in front of the sculpture outside of The Christie entrance.

Cancer awareness champion from Cheshire is reunited with his Christie consultant radiographer after 11 years

A cancer survivor from Lymm in Cheshire has been reunited with the radiographer who helped to successfully treat him at The Christie in Manchester.

A photo of Christie patient Adele Adams standing in front of the sculpture outside of The Christie entrance.

Wallasey woman defies the odds thanks to new drug trial

A woman from Merseyside with Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma is enjoying life thanks to trial drug capsules which have shrunk her tumours so they are too small to be measured.

A photo of clinical nurse specialist Sophie Maycock with her patient Libby Holden outside The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

How clinical nurse specialists play a vital role in the care of cancer patients at The Christie

Clinical nurse specialists are an essential part of the team caring for patients at Manchester’s internationally acclaimed cancer centre, The Christie.

A photo of 4 female members of the Experimental Cancer Medicine Team at The Christie accepting their Bionow 2023 Social Impact Award at the Bionow Awards ceremony, with a purple background reading Bionow.

Christie researchers win prestigious social impact award

The Christie has won Bionow’s 2023 Social Impact Award for their redistribution of surplus clinical trial equipment from research teams in the trust to clinics in Africa.

Widnes woman first person in Europe to trial new breast cancer drug

Siobhain Howard is the first person in Europe to trial a new type of hormone therapy at The Christie in Manchester to prevent her breast cancer from coming back.

A photo of Eve Wilson, a former patient at the proton beam therapy centre at The Christie, stands in front of a sign that reads 'Think like a proton. Stay positive."

The Christie celebrates 5th anniversary of the UK’s first high-energy proton beam therapy centre

The team at The Christie are celebrating the 5th birthday of the UK’s first high-energy proton beam therapy centre since it opened its doors in late December 2018.

A photo of Christie patient David Jones-Stanley, his husband James and their 3 sons.

Life after oesophageal cancer: David’s story

David was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in October 2021. He had surgery and went on a clinical trial at The Christie and is now cancer-free.

£6m refurbishment at The Christie at Salford reaches major milestone

A refurbishment of The Christie’s radiotherapy centre in Salford reached a major milestone this week with the arrival of the first of 2 new radiotherapy machines (linear accelerator), with the second arriving in July.

“I survived cancer 5 times, and now I live life to the full”

Natalie Yates-Bolton has had cancer 5 times - she shares her story of how cancer has spurred her on to make the most of life, and how The Christie has cared for her.

Sheffield woman celebrates 6 years of successful experimental bowel cancer treatment

6 years on from her first treatment, Sara Anne Morley's tumours are stable after she was diagnosed with the most advanced kind due to treatment at The Christie.

The Christie pilots blood test to improve melanoma treatment

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester has piloted a blood test in melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, to help determine which treatment to start with, and when to switch.

Great-grandad celebrates 11th anniversary of diagnosis with epic walking challenge

Ralph White was treated for a second cancer in 2021 at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester. Now, 2 years on, he is taking on a mammoth walking challenge.