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The Leeds Lung Health Check is a major charity research project, an £8 million investment in a mobile screening unit which travels the city providing convenient…

A health check project designed to test ways to improve cancer symptom awareness and help-seeking in Yorkshire’s deprived communities was completed in December…

Investigating whether urine self-testing kits and community early detection clinics are an effective way of screening for bladder health problems including bladder cancer.

Not only does Hull have the highest number of smokers, it also has the highest number of lung cancer deaths in Yorkshire.

Breast cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in Yorkshire, causing more than 800 deaths per year in the region. Breast screening is one of the key…

Detecting lung cancer through screening saves lives. 
The Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST) will test community-based lung cancer screening in mobile vans…

More people are diagnosed with and die from lung cancer in Hull than any other place in Yorkshire. 
The aim of this research programme is to improve earlier…

Every year, around 150 people in Leeds are diagnosed with kidney cancer. In many cases, there are no obvious symptoms of kidney cancer at first. Around 6 in 10…

Led by Dr Melanie Cooper and Professor Peter Gardner at the University of Bradford, a £441,000 study will explore new ways to encourage women in the South Asian…

Women aged 65-79 who are no longer automatically invited for cervical screening will be offered an at-home urine test in a new study led by Ms Clare Gilham and…