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People in Yorkshire are being urged to use and return their bowel screening kits, as data reveals nearly 230,000 of those invited are missing out on the life-saving…

A groundbreaking cancer research hub in Yorkshire will receive £10 million in new funding to help transform the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

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

Significant inequalities in the treatment of women with ovarian cancer in England have been revealed in a study funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and led by…

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…

More than 1,000 hospital patients have now successfully quit smoking thanks to a stop smoking service funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and delivered by Leeds…

As people across the region are urged to quit smoking for good this No Smoking Day (12 March), Yorkshire Cancer Research is highlighting the facts about vaping to…

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…

To mark International Women’s Day, Yorkshire Cancer Research is celebrating the remarkable achievements of five female cancer researchers throughout its 100-year…

At-home human papillomavirus (HPV) tests could help screen 104,000 more women in Yorkshire for cervical cancer, according to analysis by Yorkshire Cancer…

Jenifer Perin from Otley didn’t expect to be diagnosed with kidney cancer when she turned up to her combined lung and kidney screening appointment in September…

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…