The programme offered a look at the incredible teams at CUH who are working to deliver breakthroughs in the way we diagnose and treat cancer.
It highlighted innovations in cancer care and research, including how our personalised breast cancer programme is delivering targeted treatments for patients, our advancements in CAR-T cell therapy, and the future of cell and gene therapies for patients with aggressive cancers and auto-immune conditions. It also looked ahead to the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital (CCRH), the planned specialist cancer research hospital for the East of England.
The programme is available on BBC iPlayer for 24 hours.
Take a look behind-the-scenes of the programme here and across our social media channels.
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BBC Look East Cancer Special
BBC Look East broadcasted a special programme live from Addenbrooke's on Wednesday 16 October. The programme offered a look at the incredible teams at CUH who are working to deliver breakthroughs in the way we diagnose and treat cancer.
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New lab to open to make CAR-T cells in Cambridge
A new state-of-the-art laboratory is set to open at Addenbrooke’s Hospital that will deliver ‘home-grown’ CAR-T cells to help improve treatment for blood cancers.
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Spotlight - CAR-T
"Having this space is the missing part of the puzzle."
Sarah Albon, Director of the Cambridge Cellular Therapy Laboratory (CCTL)
Spotlight - CAR-T
"We hope this will also speed up treatment time for patients."
Dr Ben Uttenthal, Consultant haematologist and CAR-T programme lead
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"It was my only option and my last hope."
Lisa Noble, a mum-of-five from Bishop Stortford, was one of the first patients to receive CAR-T therapy at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, after chemotherapy did not treat her high-grade blood cancer.
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Patients welcome £173m funding announcement to study cancer
"Patients must be at the centre of cancer research" says Fiona Carey, co-chair of the Patient Advisory Group for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital (CCRH)
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Accelerating research from bench to bedside
Following the announcement of an unprecedented funding investment by Cancer Research UK in the CRUK Cambridge Institute, Prof Richard Gilbertson explains how the funding will boost world-class discovery science in Cambridge.
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More patients in the East to benefit from personalised treatment
A ground-breaking breast cancer programme pioneered at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, which decodes the genetic sequence of a patient’s cancer is to expand in the East.
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Spotlight - Breast cancer
"The results informed my doctors – so it helped them, help me."
Taking part in the PBCP meant Julia was eligible to receive a drug post-surgery called olaparib, which has been shown to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence for people with alterations in their BRCA genes.
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Bedfordshire dad now cancer free, after stage 4 cancer diagnosis
A Bedfordshire dad, who was diagnosed with stage 4 skin cancer which spread to his major organs, is now living with 'no evidence of cancer' in his body, after pioneering treatment at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
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UK's first MRI Scanner Wrap at Addenbrooke's
The very first wrap of an MRI Scanner in the UK will have a profound impact on both patients and staff at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridgeshire – saving patients’ lives as well as thousands of pounds per patient for the hospital trust.
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Over 500 patients benefitted from £1.5m surgical robot
A year after our amazing ACT supporters raised a staggering £1.5 million to buy a new surgical robot for Addenbrooke’s we can reveal just how much impact the robot has had across a wide range of specialities.
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Emma Howell, 34
"A hospital just for cancer patients will be amazing!"
Going through cancer is horrible and to have a place that’s actually designed by patients would be great. The fact that it’s not just for people in Cambridge but the whole of the East of England is fantastic.
Jake Andrade, 22
"It was very scary when I got diagnosed, I was only 13."
It was a shock for me, and a shock for my family too. Our whole routine changed, we were driving to Cambridge every day. The new cancer hospital will be great, it's great that it'll have all those cancer specialists in one place.
BBC Look East - Cancer special
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