Alex Lathbridge

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Predicting future breast cancer with precision

An international team of Cancer Grand Challenges scientists are conducting one biggest studies of its kind to try to predict who will develop invasive breast cancer. An international team of Cancer Grand Challenges scientists are conducting one biggest studies of its kind to try to predict who will develop invasive breast cancer.

22 March 2021

• Health & Medicine

Could proton beam therapy improve throat cancer treatment?

The first proton beam therapy clinical trial in the UK is finding out if this innovative new form of radiotherapy can improve throat cancer treatment. The first proton beam therapy clinical trial in the UK is finding out if this innovative new form of radiotherapy can improve throat cancer treatment.

15 March 2021

• Personal Stories

Coronavirus reports – Part 9: “I am very relieved but I am not naïve”

We caught up with people living with cancer across the country, to find out how the coronavirus pandemic has been affecting them and their families. We caught up with people living with cancer across the country, to find out how the coronavirus pandemic has been affecting them and their families.

4 March 2021

• Science & Technology

Gentle regular exercise could reduce the risk of liver cancer in mice

A team of Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have been investigating the role of exercise in reducing the risk of liver cancer in mice A team of Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have been investigating the role of exercise in reducing the risk of liver cancer in mice

15 February 2021

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

2020 round-up: Our biggest cancer stories of the year

We've rounded-up some of the most talked about topics from the blog this year We've rounded-up some of the most talked about topics from the blog this year

20 December 2020

• Health & Medicine

Pursuing precision medicine in a flagship lung cancer trial

The National Lung Matrix Trial - a £25 million collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and the NHS - has been exploring how patients with non small cell lung cancer respond to more tailored, targeted treatments. The National Lung Matrix Trial - a £25 million collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and the NHS - has been exploring how patients with non small cell lung cancer respond to more tailored, targeted treatments.

15 July 2020

• Health & Medicine

Cancer blood test uses 'noise cancellation' to improve sensitivity

Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a new way to analyse blood for evidence of cancer that could be up to ten times more sensitive than previous methods. Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a new way to analyse blood for evidence of cancer that could be up to ten times more sensitive than previous methods.

18 June 2020

• Science & Technology

Moves and countermoves: How the immune system responds to lung cancer’s ‘tactics’

Scientists working on the TRACERx project have mapped how the immune systems responds to lung tumours over time Scientists working on the TRACERx project have mapped how the immune systems responds to lung tumours over time

4 June 2020

• Personal Stories

Coronavirus reports – Part 2: “We’re ahead when it comes to isolation”

We caught up with people living with cancer across the country, to find out how isolation due to the pandemic has been affecting them and their families. We caught up with people living with cancer across the country, to find out how isolation due to the pandemic has been affecting them and their families.

14 May 2020

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• Health & Medicine

News digest – cancer blood test, urine nanoparticles, COVID-19 testing and 3D printing brains

Scientists are using a 3D printed brain to study how glioblastoma respond to treatment. Scientists are using a 3D printed brain to study how glioblastoma respond to treatment.

4 April 2020