Feeling our impact

Cancers are continuing to burden our healthcare systems and exert their toll; solving this global problem needs a global solution – something that our University experts are working on.

The improvements in life outcomes for people affected by cancer across the globe are highlighted in our new film and set of research stories, which show how our collaborations, partnerships and innovative thinking are leading to improvements not only in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer, but in cancer service provision.

The first of these stories, which will regularly build to reflect the scale and diversity of our impact, were shared ahead of National Cancer Survivors day on 6 June.

Cancer Domain lead at the University, Professor Rob Bristow said: “Increasingly, Manchester’s commitment to improving cancer outcomes are being felt on a global scale; we’ve changed the clinical management of cervical cancer in Kenya, increased treatment facilities India and improved access to cheaper more affordable treatments for patients in Sri Lanka. The breadth of our collaborations are making real difference to people and communities”.

From increasing the evidence base for some of the rarest forms of cancer, to making treatments effective for greater ethnic populations and developing cost effective treatments for low resource countries, our University experts are making discoveries and applying their findings where it’s needed most; to make positive differences to communities and help more people survive cancer.

Cancer is one of the University’s five research beacons and these stories show how our research is helping to create a healthier, fairer and greener world by delivering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Watch our latest film and read about our latest cancer research.