Author: Oliver Childs

On the opening day of the 2013 NCRI cancer conference we explore our highlights, including cervical cancer, personalised medicine and skin cancer.

UK cancer imaging is set to get a £35 million boost – we explain why this is important in the fight against cancer.

Large-scale studies from across the globe are providing genetic clues that link different tumours – but what does this mean for how we define and treat cancer?

Here’s our pick of the week’s big cancer news stories, including the future for cancer classification, shark antibodies, injectable Herceptin and more.

This week’s pick of the cancer headlines include news about radiotherapy doses and breast cancer, leukaemia and nuclear power plants, plus zebrafish and more.

Here’s our pick of the week’s cancer news, including e-cigarettes, a rare genetic link to childhood leukaemia, cancer-targeting skin implants and more.

We’ve been hearing about how our work affects people all over the country who’ve been affected by cancer – see what they said and join the discussion.

This week’s cancer news included stories about laser technology for brain tumour surgery, breast cancer treatment, cancer myths and more.

Take a look at our pick of the week’s cancer headlines, including ovarian cancer screening, a boost for radiotherapy, tobacco pack polling and more.

This week’s big cancer news stories included research into cancer’s genetic fingerprint, skin cancer drug approval, a childhood brain tumour trial and more.