13/02/2012

Video feature: Male cancer funding gap

The north west of England has the worst death rate from male cancers, yet the area receives some of the lowest levels of funding into pioneering cancer research compared to the south.

Figures obtained by BBC Inside Out from the National Institute for Health Research reveal there is a 94% gulf between the money going to the south and to the north.

Surgeon Noel Clarke at The Christie hospital in Manchester believes the north west is disadvantaged because institutions in the south have become more successful at winning funding while the north continues to lag behind.

Inside Out also meets Bernard Edmunds who set up the charity Men Matter. The charity's fund-raising is now paying for two researchers at The Christie.

Watch a feature on the BBC News website below...