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The Yorkshire Stop Smoking Study tests whether people can be encouraged to stop smoking by giving them pictures from their own lung scans, showing possible lung and…

The Leeds Lung Health Check is a major charity research project, an £8 million investment in a mobile screening unit which travels the city providing convenient…

A different way of treating people with prostate cancer is being investigated by researchers at the University of Leeds.
Led by Dr Ann Henry, a £1.1 million trial…

This trial will investigate whether an existing pain assessment tool can be successfully adapted and introduced into oncology outpatient services across Yorkshire.…

A randomised placebo-controlled phase III trial of the effect of the omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on colorectal cancer recurrence and survival…

Recent advances in radiotherapy have resulted in an increased number of patients that can be cured of lung cancer. Increasingly, patients are surviving their lung…

Currently, follow-up care for breast cancer involves patients managing symptoms themselves and contacting professionals if needed. For bowel cancer, follow-up…

In Yorkshire, over 14,000 people die from advanced cancer each year, a number expected to rise up to 17,000 by 2030. 
In the weeks or months before they die, people…

Some patients with rectal cancer are not able to have it removed by surgery. They may suffer from symptoms as their cancer grows, including pain, diarrhoea and the…

Detecting lung cancer through screening saves lives. 
The Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST) will test community-based lung cancer screening in mobile vans…

The first aim of this research programme is to improve care and achieve better outcomes for people with bowel cancer. 
The programme will develop new methods and…

The APPROACH trial, funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and led by researchers at University College London, aims to test whether a physical activity mobile app can…