• For Supporters

Calling all Star Bakers - The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off is back!

To mark the return of the star-studded show, cooks across the country are being called on to grab their mixing bowls and whip up their very own signature bakes To mark the return of the star-studded show, cooks across the country are being called on to grab their mixing bowls and whip up their very own signature bakes

27 February 2019

• Health & Medicine

Brits risk unhealthy lifestyle as half the population walk less than an hour a day

Almost half (45%) of GB adults sit for six hours or more every day and might not be getting enough exercise, according to new research. Almost half (45%) of GB adults sit for six hours or more every day and might not be getting enough exercise, according to new research.

27 February 2019

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest – smoking and melanoma, global cervical cancer rates, flexible drug pricing and great white sharks

In this week’s news: smoking may limit the body’s ability to flexible drug pricing could speed up NHS access. In this week’s news: smoking may limit the body’s ability to flexible drug pricing could speed up NHS access.

23 February 2019

• Health & Medicine

Linking cancer drug prices to treatment success could speed up approvals. But what do patients consider success?

With NHS budgets stretched, it’s critical that cancer drugs offer value for money. We’ve teamed up with the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership to investigate a different approach to drug pricing. With NHS budgets stretched, it’s critical that cancer drugs offer value for money. We’ve teamed up with the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership to investigate a different approach to drug pricing.

21 February 2019

• Health & Medicine

Drug Prices Based On Success Could Speed Up Cancer Patients' Treatment

Paying for cancer drugs based on how well they work in practice could help patients get new treatments faster, according to a Cancer Research UK report. Paying for cancer drugs based on how well they work in practice could help patients get new treatments faster, according to a Cancer Research UK report.

21 February 2019

• Charity News

A tribute to Peter Rainey 

We pay tribute to Peter Rainey - a passionate and dedicated patient advocate who helped put people affected by cancer at the heart of our research programme. We pay tribute to Peter Rainey - a passionate and dedicated patient advocate who helped put people affected by cancer at the heart of our research programme.

19 February 2019

• Health & Medicine

Drug combination boosts kidney cancer survival in trials

Combining a targeted cancer drug with an immunotherapy extends the lives of advanced kidney cancer patients, according to two clinical trials. Combining a targeted cancer drug with an immunotherapy extends the lives of advanced kidney cancer patients, according to two clinical trials.

19 February 2019

• Health & Medicine

Smoking may limit body’s ability to fight dangerous form of skin cancer

Melanoma patients with a history of smoking cigarettes are 40 per cent less likely to survive their skin cancer than people who have never smoked Melanoma patients with a history of smoking cigarettes are 40 per cent less likely to survive their skin cancer than people who have never smoked

18 February 2019

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest – HPV stigma, ultra-processed foods, ‘simple’ cancer blood test and why measles isn’t a cancer cure

In this week’s news: survey reveals misconceptions around HPV and a prominent American figure wrongly suggests measles cures cancer. In this week’s news: survey reveals misconceptions around HPV and a prominent American figure wrongly suggests measles cures cancer.

16 February 2019

• Science & Technology

Stitching together a ‘Google Earth’ for cancer

Our scientists at the National Physical Laboratory are using their expertise in measurement to draw a new map of cancer. Our scientists at the National Physical Laboratory are using their expertise in measurement to draw a new map of cancer.

14 February 2019

• For Supporters

Baby boomers are the ultimate promise-keepers

91% of baby boomers state they haven’t broken a single promise in the past six months according to a poll* by Cancer Research UK’s new legacies campaign 91% of baby boomers state they haven’t broken a single promise in the past six months according to a poll* by Cancer Research UK’s new legacies campaign

14 February 2019