The Christie Charity
Our research areas A-Z
We carry out research into a wide range of cancer types and treatments. Current research includes understanding the molecular and cellular basis of cancer and finding out why cancer cells can become resistant to drug treatment.
Search our A-Z of current research areas.
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Radiotherapy
Clinical trials and other research studies into developing and improving radiotherapy to treat cancer. This includes personalised radiotherapy, radiation drug combinations, proton beam therapy, MR-linac adaptive radiotherapy, brachytherapy and evaluating 4-D imaging and motion modelling using ‘big data’ methodologies.
Renal
Researching new treatments for renal (kidney) cancer including chemotherapy, biological therapies and innovative immunotherapy using personalised medicine.