Division of Cancer Sciences (L5)

Azadeh Abravan
- Division of Cancer Sciences (L5) - Research Fellow
Person: Academic
Bilal Alkhaffaf
- Division of Cancer Sciences (L5) - MAHSC Honorary Clinical Chair
Person: Academic
Bailey Andrew
- Division of Cancer Sciences (L5) - Research Associate (Bioinformatics)
Person: Academic
Omer Aziz
- Division of Cancer Sciences (L5) - MAHSC Honorary Clinical Chair
Person: Academic
Marianne Aznar
- Division of Cancer Sciences (L5) - Professor of Radiation Oncology Physics
Person: Academic

Acceptability of breast cancer risk assessment amongst general population women aged 30-39 years: a qualitative study
Horton, R., Hindmarch, S., Howell, S. J., Usher-Smith, J. A., Gorman, L., Evans, D. G. & French, D. P., 24 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Women's Health. 22, 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A Comparison of Deep Multiomics Profiles Across Ethnicity, Geography, and Age
Church, S., Unwin, R. & al, E., 14 May 2026, In: Cell. 189, 10, p. 3004-3024 e35.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Acute ischaemic stroke alters the composition and function of circulating B cells
Younas, M., Deijnen, H., Stephens, R., Harris, A., Williams, T., Tamburrano, S., Prise, I., Smith, C., Allan, S., McCulloch, L., Grainger, J. & McColl, B. W., 1 Mar 2026, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity . 133, 106244.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Advanced: post-hoc analysis of the ABC-01, -02 and -03 clinical trials.
Lamarca, A., Ross, P., Wasan, H. S., Hubner, R. A., Mcnamara, M., Lopes, A., Palmer, D. H., Valle, J. & Bridgewater, J., 3 Mar 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Hepatology Reports.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Advances in cell therapy for solid tumours: European perspective and future directions
Moreno, V., Thistlethwaite, F., Yarza, R., Tak, W. S., Lim, K. H. J. & Haanen, J. B. A. G., 1 May 2026, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 64, 101590.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

18 Finished
22 Active

Micro-Voxels to Macro-Causes: Mitigating Radiotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity with Causal Inference
Mcwilliam, A. (PI)
1/07/26 → 1/12/27
Project: Research
Advancing Reirradiation and Treatment Outcome Understanding with Robust Dose Mapping and Causal Inference
Vasquez Osorio, E. (PI)
1/10/25 → 30/09/29
Project: Research
RISE : Reducing Immune Stress from Excess Cytokine Release in Advanced Therapies
Lim, J. (PI), Valletta, S. (CoI), Frangi, A. F. (CoI), Parkes, M. (CoI), Giampazolias, E. (CoI) & Hughes-Noehrer, L. (CoI)
1/10/25 → 30/09/30
Project: Research
Modernising General Practice TESTing for the detection of clinically significant PROstate cancer: the GP-TEST-PRO study
Merriel, S. (PI), Bristow, R. (CoI) & Muir, K. (CoI)
1/10/25 → 30/09/31
Project: Research
New Models and Approaches to Maximise International Oncology Impact
Lim, J. (PI)
1/09/25 → 28/02/27
Project: Research

Access to more effective therapies in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Illidge, T. (Corresponding participant), Radford, J. (Participant) & Honeychurch, J. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Economic
Adjuvant therapy in melanoma adopted as standard of care
Lorigan, P. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
Advocating that increased surgical focus on adequacy of margin excision would improve breast cancer survival worldwide
Bundred, N. (Corresponding participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
Aiming to create a risk model for radiation-associated malignant progression in familial NF2
Paterson, C. (Corresponding participant), Smith, M. (Participant) & Wedge, D. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
Aiming to create diagnostic criteria and a treatment pathway for large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) of the lung to improve patient care
Lindsay, C. (Corresponding participant) & Blackhall, F. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing

Journal of Medical Genetics (Journal)
Woodward, E. (Peer reviewer of publications)
16 Aug 2026
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
Payal Khincha
Woodward, E. (Host)
22 Jun 2026
Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor › Teaching
MD Examination of Thesis at the University of Manchester
Woodward, E. (Chair)
12 Jun 2026
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Teaching and Research
CRUK Visionaries Talk
Woodward, E. (Speaker)
9 Jun 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
ADT and beyond: Evolving systemic strategies after prostatectomy
Sachdeva, A. (Speaker)
16 May 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research

1st Annual Brady Award for Resident Research, Joint Oncology Program. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Bristow, R. (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1st place Student Poster Prize
Shafiee PhD.Sc, S. (Recipient), 20 May 2014
Prize: Other distinction
2018 Outstanding Clinical Contribution to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Hughes, A. (Recipient), May 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2025 Bionow Technical Service Award
Fergie, M. (Recipient) & Byers, R. (Recipient), 5 Mar 2026
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2-year KWF (Dutch Cancer Soceity) fellowship (laboratory of Prof. Robert Bristow, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada)
Borst, G. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Lab-grown tumours could speed up cancer cures
Slay, E., Tsigkou, O., Tipple, E., Choudhury, A. & Gough, J.
3/09/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
‘Toxic waste’ build-up in the brain may be driving dementia and ALS
Philbert, S., Church, S., Unwin, R. & Cooper, G.
16/07/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Scientists uncover promising new way to treat an ‘undruggable’ type of lung cancer
Malliri, A.
7/07/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Breakthrough steroid tweak cuts early deaths in Indian children with leukaemia
Saha, V.
8/06/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Substandard bowel cancer care for people with learning disability highlighted
Kennedy, O.
20/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research

Division of Cancer Sciences (L5)

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Azadeh Abravan

Bilal Alkhaffaf

Bailey Andrew

Omer Aziz

Marianne Aznar

Acceptability of breast cancer risk assessment amongst general population women aged 30-39 years: a qualitative study

A Comparison of Deep Multiomics Profiles Across Ethnicity, Geography, and Age

Acute ischaemic stroke alters the composition and function of circulating B cells

Advanced: post-hoc analysis of the ABC-01, -02 and -03 clinical trials.

Advances in cell therapy for solid tumours: European perspective and future directions

Micro-Voxels to Macro-Causes: Mitigating Radiotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity with Causal Inference

Advancing Reirradiation and Treatment Outcome Understanding with Robust Dose Mapping and Causal Inference

RISE : Reducing Immune Stress from Excess Cytokine Release in Advanced Therapies

Modernising General Practice TESTing for the detection of clinically significant PROstate cancer: the GP-TEST-PRO study

New Models and Approaches to Maximise International Oncology Impact

Access to more effective therapies in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Adjuvant therapy in melanoma adopted as standard of care

Advocating that increased surgical focus on adequacy of margin excision would improve breast cancer survival worldwide

Aiming to create a risk model for radiation-associated malignant progression in familial NF2

Aiming to create diagnostic criteria and a treatment pathway for large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) of the lung to improve patient care

Journal of Medical Genetics (Journal)

Payal Khincha

MD Examination of Thesis at the University of Manchester

CRUK Visionaries Talk

ADT and beyond: Evolving systemic strategies after prostatectomy

1st Annual Brady Award for Resident Research, Joint Oncology Program. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

1st place Student Poster Prize

2018 Outstanding Clinical Contribution to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

2025 Bionow Technical Service Award

2-year KWF (Dutch Cancer Soceity) fellowship (laboratory of Prof. Robert Bristow, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada)

Lab-grown tumours could speed up cancer cures

‘Toxic waste’ build-up in the brain may be driving dementia and ALS

Scientists uncover promising new way to treat an ‘undruggable’ type of lung cancer

Breakthrough steroid tweak cuts early deaths in Indian children with leukaemia

Substandard bowel cancer care for people with learning disability highlighted

Division of Cancer Sciences (L5)

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