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To mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Yorkshire Cancer Research looks back at the work of Professor Norman Maitland FRSB, a pioneering researcher from the…

Kevin and Lynne Crowley are happily retired in Halifax, thanks to both of their cancers being diagnosed early.  The couple, who have been married for nearly 39…

When Lisa Sumpton laces up her trainers on the morning of this year’s London Marathon, she won’t be thinking about achieving a personal best or finishing in a…

89-year-old Marjorie Hodgson is the longest-serving Yorkshire Cancer Research volunteer. Since its foundation in 1968, Marjorie has been a member of the Bingley…

Rob Oakley, a self-employed 35-year-old from Northallerton, had smoked since he was 12. Passionate about musical theatre, he knew quitting would improve his singing…

Lifelong partners for 47 years and counting, Wendy and Boyd Midgley have been fundraising for Yorkshire Cancer Research since 2016, raising £41,000 to support…

Jenifer Perin from Otley didn’t know she would become the first woman to take part in the Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial when she turned up to her lung screening…

Regional cancer charity Yorkshire Cancer Research has launched its new campaign More Moments Together to highlight the moments made possible thanks to pioneering…

With a background in Microbiology, and after several years of working in the health, education and banking sectors, Dr Olufikayo Bamidele came to the UK from…

When 72-year-old Bill Hall from York was diagnosed with bowel cancer in January 2024, he was working as a locum doctor on the Orkney Islands. Bill didn’t want his…

Robert Minton-Taylor recently learned he has just six years to live after being diagnosed with incurable prostate cancer.

When former York restaurant owner Christopher Holder reached his mid-50s, he decided to pay for a private health check.Motivated by the death of his father from a…