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600,000 people in Yorkshire will be eligible for life-saving lung health checks
600,000 people in Yorkshire could be offered a life-saving lung health check over the next five years, following the success of a pioneering lung screening trial in…
Yorkshire Cancer Research opens its first charity shop in East Yorkshire
Yorkshire Cancer Research will officially open the doors of its first charity shop in East Yorkshire next week (28th November), giving people in Hull the…
Charity Christmas campaign shines a light on Yorkshire’s cancer stars
Yorkshire Cancer Research will ‘Help Yorkshire Shine’ this Christmas with a campaign that invites people to dedicate a star to a loved one affected by cancer or to…
Yorkshire genetic screening trial selected for NHS initiative
The NHS will help find thousands of volunteers to take part in a groundbreaking genetic screening clinical trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.
The charity’s…
Yorkshire Cancer Research welcomes Government plans for a National Cancer Plan
Yesterday, Stephen Kinnock MP confirmed the UK Government plans to develop a dedicated national cancer plan alongside the NHS 10-year plan, marking a positive step…
Active Together expands into West Yorkshire
The pioneering exercise, nutrition and wellbeing programme which has helped more than 1000 people in Yorkshire manage and recover from their cancer treatment has…
A third of women in Yorkshire do not take up offer of breast screening
A third of women in Yorkshire do not attend their breast screening appointment when invited, according to analysis from Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Breast screening…
MP visits Yorkshire Cancer Research shop in Ripon to support Change Yorkshire’s Cancer Story campaign
Rt Hon Sir Julian Smith KCB CBE MP has visited the Yorkshire Cancer Research shop in Ripon to meet with staff and volunteers.
The visit was organised as part of his…
Yorkshire Cancer Research Centre celebrates first anniversary with Yorkshire’s Big Brew Bake Off
Yorkshire Cancer Research has celebrated the first anniversary of the Yorkshire Cancer Research Centre at Hornbeam Park in Harrogate with a special fundraiser…
Highest proportion of people quit smoking in Yorkshire than any other region in England
Yorkshire saw a higher proportion of people successfully quit smoking than any other region in England, according to analysis from Yorkshire Cancer…
Letter to Health & Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting
Calling for a long term cancer strategy that will change Yorkshire's cancer story for good.