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Easingwold volunteers raise £1,500 for world-leading cancer research with brass band concert
A group of volunteers in Easingwold have raised more than £1,500 to help fund world-leading cancer research by organising a ‘Beat the January Blues’ evening.
Yorkshire Cancer Research launches new ‘We Walk for Yorkshire’ challenge
The charity is launching a new 31,000 mile walking challenge to help raise funds for world-leading cancer research.
Yorkshire Cancer Research opens doors of new charity shop in Yeadon
People in Yeadon now have the opportunity to support pioneering cancer research with the opening of a new charity shop on the town’s high street.
The first…
“I hope that by sharing my experience, I’ve helped protect future generations from the harms of smoking”
Liz Liversedge, 67, visited Parliament on No Smoking Day to share her experience of quitting smoking through the Yorkshire Stop Smoking Study, funded by Yorkshire…
South Yorkshire study could speed up access to bowel cancer tests
People in South Yorkshire with ‘red flag’ bowel cancer symptoms could bypass the GP and be fast-tracked to hospital for diagnostic tests as part of a new research…
National stop smoking campaigns are a “missed opportunity” to save lives
National stop smoking campaigns are a “missed opportunity” to direct people to more effective local support services, according to Yorkshire Cancer Research.
People…
Statement: Tax on Vapes
Yorkshire Cancer Research is seriously concerned about the potentially detrimental impact a tax on vapes could have on people with low or no incomes who want to give up smoking.

More than half of people with prostate cancer in Yorkshire diagnosed at late stage
More than half of people with prostate cancer in Yorkshire are diagnosed at a late stage when there are fewer treatment options available, according to new analysis…
The Pros and Cons of the PSA test
Awareness of prostate cancer reached an all-time high in 2018 thanks to celebrities like Stephen Fry and Bill Turnbull, who shared their personal experiences and…
Volunteering: Helen’s experience
Almost three decades after first being diagnosed with breast cancer, Helen Fenton put her name forward to volunteer at the new Yorkshire Cancer Research café in…
“I feel like walking proof that screening saves lives” Women whose lives were potentially saved through screening now helping others
Two women whose lives were potentially saved through cervical screening are now helping others attend their screening appointments. Claire Nanyonga and Hayley…
