# The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

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## TL;DR

The Christie is Europe's largest single-site cancer centre and the UK's first NHS proton therapy centre.

## Summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is Europe's largest single-site cancer centre and the first NHS proton beam therapy centre, opened in 2018; it ranks twenty-third in the Newsweek/Statista oncology list and is tied to the University of Manchester. It runs one of the largest early-phase trial units in Europe and, with Cancer Research UK, the Manchester Cancer Research Centre, with Corinne Faivre-Finn, Caroline Dive, Ananya Choudhury, Andrew Wardley and Juan W. Valle among its people. OnCo links it to bladder cancer, lymphoma and mesothelioma, and to ideas on core-funded radiotherapy trials, evening trial clinics for working-age patients and lung screening in supermarket car parks. Fragmented care and guideline gaps are the bottleneck it most often meets. Its proton and early-phase programmes are the place to start.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-04
- City: Manchester, GB
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.christie.nhs.uk

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christie_NHS_Foundation_Trust
- Official website: https://www.christie.nhs.uk
- PTCOG: particle therapy facilities in operation: https://www.ptcog.site/index.php/facilities-in-operation-public

## Connected records

- cancers: [Bladder & urothelial cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/urothelial/), [Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/dlbcl/), [Lung cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/lung-cancer/), [Mesothelioma](https://onco.cc/cancers/mesothelioma/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/), [Small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/sclc/), [Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)](https://onco.cc/cancers/tnbc/)
- technologies: [MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/mr-linac/), [Proton therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/), [Proton therapy machines: cyclotrons, synchrotrons and single-room systems](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy-systems/), [TomoTherapy and Radixact (helical radiotherapy)](https://onco.cc/technologies/tomotherapy/)
- trials: [ABC-12](https://onco.cc/trials/abc-12/), [CONVERT](https://onco.cc/trials/convert/), [DETERMINE](https://onco.cc/trials/determine-trial/), [Precision-Panc](https://onco.cc/trials/precision-panc/), [TARGET National](https://onco.cc/trials/target-national/), [VIOLET](https://onco.cc/trials/violet/)
- people: [Ananya Choudhury](https://onco.cc/people/ananya-choudhury/), [Andrew Wardley](https://onco.cc/people/andrew-wardley/), [Anne Armstrong](https://onco.cc/people/anne-armstrong/), [Ashya King](https://onco.cc/people/ashya-king/), [Caroline Dive](https://onco.cc/people/caroline-dive/), [Corinne Faivre-Finn](https://onco.cc/people/corinne-faivre-finn/), [Fiona Blackhall](https://onco.cc/people/fiona-blackhall/), [Juan W. Valle](https://onco.cc/people/juan-valle/), [Mairéad McNamara](https://onco.cc/people/mairead-mcnamara/), [Philip Crosbie](https://onco.cc/people/philip-crosbie/), [Rob Bristow](https://onco.cc/people/rob-bristow/)
- institutions: [AMMF, the Cholangiocarcinoma Charity](https://onco.cc/institutions/ammf/), [Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk-manchester-institute/), [Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance](https://onco.cc/institutions/greater-manchester-cancer-alliance/), [Manchester Royal Infirmary HPB Unit](https://onco.cc/institutions/manchester-royal-infirmary/)
- key papers: [Second-line FOLFOX chemotherapy versus active symptom control for advanced biliary tract cancer (ABC-06): a phase 3, open-label, randomised, controlled trial](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-abc-06-folfox-second-line-lancet-oncol-2021/)
- roadmaps: [Gallbladder cancer roadmap: from a chance finding at gallstone surgery to a disease with its own trials](https://onco.cc/roadmaps/gallbladder-cancer-roadmap/), [Radiotherapy roadmap: X-rays → shaped beams → fewer fractions, particles and FLASH](https://onco.cc/roadmaps/radiation-roadmap/)
- bottlenecks: [Fragmented care and guideline gaps](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-care-fragmentation/)
- ideas: [A statutory minimum share of public trial money for surgery and radiotherapy](https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-non-drug-trial-quota/), [Core-funded radiotherapy trials infrastructure with central quality assurance](https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-radiotherapy-trials-infrastructure/), [Evening and weekend trial clinics for working-age patients](https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-tr1-evening-weekend-trial-clinics/), [Take lung screening scanners to supermarket car parks in the poorest areas](https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-mobile-lung-screening-deprived-areas/)

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