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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Christie reduces its building energy carbon emissions by 10%
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%).
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.
Christie researchers hope to ‘transform the landscape’ of children’s cancer treatment with groundbreaking radiotherapy project
Researchers at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester are hoping to identify how to reduce the long-term side effects radiotherapy can cause for children and young people.
The Christie invests in the latest skin cancer treatment equipment
Patients with skin cancer are set to benefit from a new superficial treatment machine at The Christie that can deliver a type of low-energy radiotherapy.