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The latest news, analysis and opinion from Cancer Research UK

Katie Roberts

Katie studied biochemistry at the University of Oxford, before joining a lab to investigate why the immune system can’t control HIV. She then worked in science communication for the MS Society and joined Cancer Research UK in 2017, where she managed the digital news team. She has since left Cancer Research UK.
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A specialist prostate MRI scan, called multiparametric MRI

All men with suspected prostate cancer should be offered a specialist MRI scan, before a biopsy. That's the new recommendation, but is the NHS ready? All men with suspected prostate cancer should be offered a specialist MRI scan, before a biopsy. That's the new recommendation, but is the NHS ready?

by Katie Roberts | Analysis | 9 May 2019

9 May 2019

Lung cancer CT scan

In the news this week: Lung cancer in never-smokers is on the rise and reading tumour DNA could match patients to early stage clinical trials. In the news this week: Lung cancer in never-smokers is on the rise and reading tumour DNA could match patients to early stage clinical trials.

by Katie Roberts | Analysis | 27 April 2019

27 April 2019

Microscope image of pancreatic cancer cells

It's hard to talking about cancers 'knowing' something, but they can have predictable patterns of spread. And scientists are beginning to understand why. It's hard to talking about cancers 'knowing' something, but they can have predictable patterns of spread. And scientists are beginning to understand why.

by Katie Roberts | Analysis | 18 April 2019

18 April 2019

This entry is part 14 of 23 in the series Science Surgery
An image showing the structure of DNA

Our international team of scientists are tackling a fundamental question about how cancer develops: why do some gene faults only cause cancer in certain organs? Our international team of scientists are tackling a fundamental question about how cancer develops: why do some gene faults only cause cancer in certain organs?

by Katie Roberts | Analysis | 10 April 2019

10 April 2019

This entry is part 25 of 30 in the series Science Snaps
An electron microscopy image of a breast cancer cell
  • Science & Technology
  • Health & Medicine

Rewriting the breast cancer rulebook 

Our scientists have found that breast cancer is not 1 but 10 different diseases, each with a different risk of coming back or spreading. Our scientists have found that breast cancer is not 1 but 10 different diseases, each with a different risk of coming back or spreading.

by Katie Roberts | Analysis | 13 March 2019

13 March 2019