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Person standing in front of the mobile Leeds Lung Health Check unit, with Yorkshire Cancer Research and University of Leeds branding.

Free lung cancer screening will be offered to thousands of eligible people across Leeds following the success of a trial led by the University.

Healthcare professional in blue scrubs and a surgical cap operating medical equipment in a clinical treatment room.

Leeds researchers have won a £6 million grant for a project to test an innovative device which uses sound to treat advanced, complex cancerous liver tumours

Picture of patient Brenda Iveson

A 92-year-old woman from North Yorkshire has become the first UK patient to receive a pioneering robotic-assisted treatment for a liver tumour which previously had no viable options.

Two male doctors looking at a computer screen showing brain scans

Leeds United football legend Dominic Matteo has paid tribute to the ‘life-saving’ team of clinical researchers treating him for brain cancer.

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The lifelong effects of rare blood disorder diagnoses in childhood are being analysed in a first-of-its-kind study led by the University of Leeds.