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Our research in Leeds

UK map showing LeedsLeeds is home to one of our Cancer Research UK Centres, which brings together researchers, doctors and nurses in the city, promoting collaboration to improve the lives of people with cancer.

Researchers are focusing on bowel, bladder and kidney cancers, as well as melanoma skin cancer. You can find out more about the Leeds Centre on our website.

Watch a video of Professor Tim Bishop, a senior researcher at the University of Leeds, explaining how the launch of the new Centre will benefit research and patients in the city:

Our Children's Cancer Trials Team co-ordinates groundbreaking trials in 21 centres across the UK and Ireland, including St James's University Hospital in Leeds. These trials bring cutting-edge science from the lab to the bedside, making innovative new treatments available to children with cancer.

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Bladder cancer

Prof Maggie Knowles Prof Maggie Knowles

Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre

University of Leeds, Leeds

Investigating bladder cancer

Professor Maggie Knowles is at the forefront of research into bladder cancer. She is investigating the genes and proteins involved in the development of this disease.

 

Melanoma

Prof Tim Bishop Prof Tim Bishop

Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory

St James's University Hospital, Leeds

Finding cancer genes

Professor Tim Bishop, head of the Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory in Leeds, is a leader in the field of cancer genetics. He is studying the genes involved in several types of cancer including melanoma skin cancer. 

Prof Julia Newton-Bishop Prof Julia Newton-Bishop

Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine,

St James's Hospital/University of Leeds, Leeds

Finding skin cancer genes

Professor Julia Newton-Bishop works in the Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology of the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine. She studies people with family histories of melanoma - the most dangerous form of skin cancer - and has made many significant discoveries.

 

No specific cancer type

Dr Galina Velikova Dr Galina Velikova

Psychosocial Oncology Group, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre

St James' University Hospital, Leeds

Monitoring patient well-being

Dr Galina Velikova leads the Psychosocial Oncology Group at the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on monitoring the well-being of people diagnosed with cancer and those undergoing treatment.

 

Oesophageal cancer

Dr Heike Grabsch Dr Heike Grabsch

Section of Pathology and Tumour Biology

St James’s University Hospital, Leeds

Personalised treatment for oesophageal cancer

Dr Heike Grabsch is based at St James’ University Hospital in Leeds. She is looking for ways to personalise treatments for oesophageal and stomach cancers. Her research will help ensure that, in the future, patients are given the treatments that will work best for them.

 

Stomach cancer

Dr Heike Grabsch Dr Heike Grabsch

Section of Pathology and Tumour Biology

St James’s University Hospital, Leeds

Personalised treatment for oesophageal cancer

Dr Heike Grabsch is based at St James’ University Hospital in Leeds. She is looking for ways to personalise treatments for oesophageal and stomach cancers. Her research will help ensure that, in the future, patients are given the treatments that will work best for them.

 

Testicular cancer

Dr Johnathan Joffe Dr Johnathan Joffe

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds

Monitoring men with testicular cancer

Dr Johnathan Joffe is a doctor specialising in treating men with testicular cancer. He is running a clinical trial to find the best way of using scanning technology to monitor men who have been treated for the disease.