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Teenage Cancer Trust funds the country’s first Professor of Teenage Cancer Medicine.
The Professor of Teenage Cancer Medicine leads research into why young people get cancer and how best to treat it - ultimately improving diagnosis, treatment and survival rates.
In July 2004, Teenage Cancer Trust made history by announcing that it would be making a £2.5 million grant available to create the world’s first Professional Chair in Adolescent Cancer Medicine.
Professor John Radford
08/09/10
Professor John Radford has been appointed as the Teenage Cancer Trust’s new Professor of Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine. He succeeds Professor Tim Eden, who has held the post since 2005.
The role, which is based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester and The University of Manchester leads research into cancer in young people and how best to treat it, ultimately improving diagnosis, treatment and survival rates.
Professor Radford joins the Teenage Cancer Trust as Director of Research at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, clinical lead in the Manchester Cancer Research Centre and Clinical Academic Section lead for cancer in the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre.
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Teenage Cancer Trust funds the country’s first Professor of Teenage Cancer Medicine who leads research into why young people get cancer and how best to treat it.
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