The London Research Institute: leading global cancer research for more than a century

The history of the London Research Institute is the history of cancer research itself. Its scientists have been in the vanguard of a revolution that has taken the world from a place where cancer was a disease with unknown causes and no cure, to one where much is understood of cancer’s causes, and effective treatments mean that half of all people diagnosed today will now survive at least 10 years.

So how did we get to where we are today?

To view the interactive timeline click here :

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