Oliver studied Natural Sciences at Bath University. He spent several years working in science publishing in various editorial roles, including as Copy Editor of Nature Reviews Cancer. He’s also worked as a freelance medical and healthcare copywriter. Oliver worked in Cancer Research UK’s digital news team between 2009 and 20014, helping to manage the charity’s blog and news feed.
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The annual Britain Against Cancer conference offers a great chance to hear from the key people in healthcare, in a guest post we hear what happened on the day.
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We explore the highlights from the final day of the 2013 NCRI cancer conference, including cancer care, immunotherapy and how cells move.
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On day two of the 2013 NCRI cancer conference we select our highlights, including cancer and the immune system, imaging tumours and childhood cancer.