"We've had to shut down NHS scanners": Christie cancer treatment staff explain why they have to strike More than 100 staff will go on strike tomorrow morning Manchester Evening News · Mar 2, 2023
Second day of nursing strikes hit Greater Manchester as snow falls on pickets outside major cancer centre Nurses are protesting over pay Manchester Evening News · Jan 19, 2023
Agitation and solidarity: Nurses ensure their voices are heard on historic day on Greater Manchester's picket lines Striking nurses on the picket line were supported by drivers blaring their horns as they drove past. Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2023
'I noticed painful twinges in my breast... now I'm taking part in a UK-first trial at the Christie Hospital' Kim Jones, 44, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February and has now been selected for a pioneering trial in Manchester Manchester Evening News · Jan 3, 2023
Manchester woman, 39, who thought she just had a bad back desperate to get home from Vietnam “It’s hard for me to say this but my sister could end up dying over there, on her own” Manchester Evening News · Jan 3, 2023
Mum thought tiredness and night sweats were the menopause before life-changing news Julie Robinson went through three years of gruelling treatment after her symptoms turned out to be cancer Manchester Evening News · Nov 19, 2022
Dad thought he'd pulled muscle playing golf before shock terminal cancer diagnosis Lee Young, from Denton, Greater Manchester, discovered a lump on his side that hadn't been there before and was sent for investigative tests Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022
Dad who thought he had pulled muscle playing golf diagnosed with incurable cancer 'Being told you have cancer is one thing, but being told they can't do anything is another thing entirely' Manchester Evening News · Oct 8, 2022
Loved ones whose death and funeral announcements have been in the Manchester Evening News this week Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one Manchester Evening News · Oct 2, 2022
Oasis star Bonehead announces cancer 'is gone' after scans and thanks staff at The Christie hospital "I had a full scan ten days ago and it’s all clear, it’s gone" Manchester Evening News · Sep 29, 2022
Mum whose dizziness when sitting down turned out to be cancer urges others not to be 'embarrassed' Kathy Morse had been suffering from a strange dizziness for several weeks whenever she sat down. Daily Record · Sep 26, 2022
Mum's dizziness when sitting down turned out to be cancer - now she's urging others not to be 'embarrassed' "If I didn't go through that 15 minutes of embarrassment with my doctor I might not be here now" Manchester Evening News · Sep 26, 2022
Student who put tiredness down to too much partying given devastating cancer diagnosis Tom Hunt was with friends in Budapest when he first began to feel unwell after spending the summer before university interrailing across Europe - before being totally struck down with fatigue in Prague Daily Mirror · Aug 11, 2022
Student who thought he'd partied too much during gap year trip given devastating diagnosis Tom Hunt, from Hale, put his fatigue down to finishing his A-levels and spending the summer travelling across Europe Manchester Evening News · Aug 8, 2022
Chronicle Live · Jul 23, 2022 17-month-old Whitburn cancer battler's ovaries to be frozen so she can 'become a mother one day' After being diagnosed with cancer, Tallulah Cox needs aggressive chemo, which will in-turn risk damaging her ovaries.
Manchester Evening News · Jun 22, 2022 Young dad, 23, died after visit to opticians with blurry vision led to devastating diagnosis James Burrows had been treated at the Christie Hospital in Manchester as doctors battled to save him
Daily Record · Apr 3, 2022 Young mum's warning after strange symptom led to breast cancer diagnosis Laura Franklin originally put down her symptoms to hormones, but after being struck down with a sharp pain in her chest, she made a doctors appointment.
Manchester Evening News · Mar 28, 2022 Cancer-hit gran's tumours shrink in HALF after Christie Hospital drug trial breakthrough Within hours of taking the drug Terri Hurdman was able to walk up the stairs without getting out of breath for the first time in months