Cancer researchers in Newcastle have been given £2.7m to run clinical trials to find exciting new treatments which could tackle the disease.
The funding for the city's Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) provides hope for people who might have been diagnosed with as yet untreatable forms of cancer. The research team has welcomed the funding boost as something which could help thousands.
The ECMC is a partnership between Newcastle University and the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust - and it is led by Prof Ruth Plummer, who also helped set up and runs the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre at the Freeman.
