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Understanding CAFs to improve radiotherapy outcomes

We really need to further unpick the complexity of cancer-associated fibroblasts if we want to improve radiotherapy outcomes says Anna Wilkins We really need to further unpick the complexity of cancer-associated fibroblasts if we want to improve radiotherapy outcomes says Anna Wilkins

16 June 2025

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The stellar mission taking on cellular plasticity in bowel cancer

Backed by £5.5m of funding from CRUK and its partners, the hugely ambitious CRC-STARS programme aims to revolutionise how bowel cancer is treated. Backed by £5.5m of funding from CRUK and its partners, the hugely ambitious CRC-STARS programme aims to revolutionise how bowel cancer is treated.

9 June 2025

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Skin deep: Rethinking liquid biopsy for skin cancer

In the search for skin cancer diagnostic biomarkers, one team are looking beyond blood to the interstitial fluid... In the search for skin cancer diagnostic biomarkers, one team are looking beyond blood to the interstitial fluid...

28 May 2025

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Beyond the genome: Harnessing the power of super-enhancers for blood cancer

The mysteries of the epiregulome need to be tackled head-on if we are to get new precision treatments for blood cancers The mysteries of the epiregulome need to be tackled head-on if we are to get new precision treatments for blood cancers

21 May 2025

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Thought for food

To really understand how diet influences cancer risk is a daunting challenge but, says Francisca Ibacache, there is a way... To really understand how diet influences cancer risk is a daunting challenge but, says Francisca Ibacache, there is a way...

7 May 2025

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Doing data the right way…

CRUK has set up a data science community to support our researchers. We hear from three community leads on their data demonstration projects… CRUK has set up a data science community to support our researchers. We hear from three community leads on their data demonstration projects…

23 April 2025

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Accelerating the search for new glioblastoma treatments

Henry Scowcroft looks at a pioneering new clinical platform trial set to offer more options to UK glioblastoma patients and kick-start progress Henry Scowcroft looks at a pioneering new clinical platform trial set to offer more options to UK glioblastoma patients and kick-start progress

4 March 2025

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Can shopping data help diagnose cancer earlier?

The idea of using shopping behaviour as an early signal of ovarian cancer is certainly thinking outside the box, but could it work? The idea of using shopping behaviour as an early signal of ovarian cancer is certainly thinking outside the box, but could it work?

28 January 2025