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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…

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…

Thousands of men in Yorkshire will be offered the opportunity to take part in a new £4.5 million prostate screening trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.The…

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…

Over six years ago, hair and scalp consultant Russell McFarlane went to see his GP after hearing that men of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity were more likely to get…

Retired milkman David Sutcliffe from Leeds had always lived an active lifestyle. From his twenties, he frequently played golf, cycled and hiked with his friends in…

When mother-of-two Jackie Buxton from Huby discovered a lump in her breast, she made sure to ring her GP on the same day to book an appointment."I was in the…

Yorkshire Cancer Research welcomes the news that people aged 50 and 52 will receive at-home bowel screening test kits in the post, marking the final phase of the…

As we enter the new year, Yorkshire Cancer Research would like to say thank you to those who continue to support the charity’s vital work.Sadly, people in Yorkshire…

Yorkshire Cancer Research is urging MPs to protect the appeal of vaping as a tool to quit smoking ahead of Tuesday’s second reading of the government’s Tobacco and…