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NWCR Chris Curtis

WebAfter surviving his own experience of head and neck cancer, Chris Curtis is passionate about helping local charity North West Cancer Research (NWCR) raise awareness of the disease. Chris Curtis, 60, from South Shore in Blackpool, was diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma (the most common form of throat cancer) in 2011, after …

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NWCR Research Strategy

WebOur organisational strategy. North West Cancer Research has agreed it will focus on three key areas: 1. Understanding our region – To underpin our strategy and our work, we will seek to understand cancer in our region and in particular: • Why overall cancer rates are higher than the national average.

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NWCR Greater Manchester

WebGreater Manchester has a 28% higher incidence rate liver cancer than the rest of England. The rate of lung, trachea and bronchus cancers in Greater Manchester is also concerning, at 24% higher than the national average. Head and neck cancers are of particular concern for the region, too, with Greater Manchester seeing rates 16% higher than the

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North West Regional Report 2022

WebCurrently, lung, trachea and bronchus cancer death rates are 25% higher in the North West compared to the rest of England. As we move out of the pandemic, the critical need to solve inequalities saw health become a key focus in the Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper released by the government in early 2022.

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NWCR Cancer Inequalities Research Advisory Group

WebCancer Inequalities Research Advisory Group. Senior Lecturer Supportive and Palliative care (symptoms and their outcome measurements; palliative care in the long term setting; paediatric palliative care; spiritual care and methodologies). Qualitative and mixed methods researcher. Research Fellow/ Co-director North Wales Centre for Primary Care

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NWCR Merseyside

WebTop 5 Areas of Need Liver cancer in Merseyside is 75% higher than in the rest of England. Merseyside has exceptionally high lung, trachea, and bronchus cancer rates, 59% higher than the national average. Oesophageal cancer rates are high across the North West. Merseyside has a significant disease burden with a 39% higher incidence rate than the …

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NWCR PhD Studentship

WebNWCR seek to fund PhD studentships of £110,000 each, including a stipend of up to £21,000 for the student for 3.5 years. Applications should be made from researchers who have a track record in supervising PhD students but applications are invited from academics working in a wide variety of different areas of cancer research.

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NWCR Sun Safety Pledge

WebWe teamed up with Public Health Liverpool to encourage employers across Liverpool and the North West to sign up to the #suncreamselfie Outdoor Workers Pledge, which was aimed at educating workers on the importance of sun safety.

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NWCR Lung Cancer

WebGreater Manchester’s communities are also being heavily affected, experiencing rates 24% higher than the English average. Cheshire sees lung cancer rates that are 14% higher. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in North Wales. Cancers of the lung, trachea and bronchus are number one for total cancer deaths in North Wales.

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North Wales Regional Report 2022

Web04 nwcr.org the UK’ was to narrow the Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) between local areas by 2030 and increase HLE by five years by 2035. With cancer death rates flatlining rather than

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NWCR KathyMorse

WebKathy Morse, from Walkden, Greater Manchester, is on a mission to encourage others to listen to their gut instinct when it comes to their health after being diagnosed with an extremely rare vaginal cancer. Several weeks before her diagnosis, Kathy began experiencing dizziness whenever she sat down, but several tests and checks by her GP …

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NWCR Thinkcancer

WebCancer Research Wales, in collaboration with North West Cancer Research, is proud to announce £1.5 million funding for the ThinkCancer! programme. A new trial will see the delivery of a full-scale primary care intervention to aid early cancer diagnosis in 80 GP practices across Wales and the Northwest of England; two areas which suffer from

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Tackling health inequalities in Liverpool’s communities

WebPage | 03 Dan Carden, MP for Walton Dan Carden MP has previously highlighted significant issues around Levelling Up, Housing and Health and Social Care; for example, by calling out the Minister for the

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North Wales Regional Report

WebPage | 10 nwcr.org nwcr.org Page | 11 NORTH WALES Regional Overview Health outcomes for people living in North Wales are distinctly different to those in the rest of

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NWCR DanielleBury

WebDanielle Bury, a Consultant Histopathologist at Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, is the latest researcher to receive our funding for her study. The study will test a new detection method for lung cancer, designed to pick up disease earlier, ideally before displaying symptoms. Lung cancer remains the 3rd most common cancer in the UK and

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