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Lina speaks to Dr Hugo De La Pena who is looking at cancer scans on a computer screen

Lina tells the story of how a newly available targeted drug helped slow down the growth of faulty BRCA-driven cancer in her body, giving her more time to spend with her loved ones. Lina tells the story of how a newly available targeted drug helped slow down the growth of faulty BRCA-driven cancer in her body, giving her more time to spend with her loved ones.

by Elisa Mitchell, Amy Warnock | Personal stories | 28 October 2024

28 October 2024

Gower and his children looking at an ipad showing a photo of Gower's father

Gower Tan, Ambassador and Campaigns Officer at Cancer Research UK, shares the story of how his father's death from lung cancer helped inspire him to give up smoking Gower Tan, Ambassador and Campaigns Officer at Cancer Research UK, shares the story of how his father's death from lung cancer helped inspire him to give up smoking

by Gower Tan | Opinion | 17 October 2024

17 October 2024

Michael, on a large screen, speaking at Cancer Research UK's Early Diagnosis conference

Michael, who spoke at our early diagnosis conference this year, tells the story of his two cancer diagnoses and gives his perspective on the importance of early diagnosis Michael, who spoke at our early diagnosis conference this year, tells the story of his two cancer diagnoses and gives his perspective on the importance of early diagnosis

by Michael Anderson | Personal stories | 10 October 2024

10 October 2024

An image of Faye lying down in the proton beam therapy machine next to an image of her in hospital making decorations for a fundraising sale.

Clinical trials are how we bring better cancer treatments to children and young people. For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we asked parents what they're actually like. Clinical trials are how we bring better cancer treatments to children and young people. For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we asked parents what they're actually like.

by Tom Bourton, Tim Gunn | Personal stories | 3 September 2024

3 September 2024

People at a party wearing party hats

In this third and final article in this special series about our PPI project ‘How can we share research together? A co-creation project to make scientific research more accessible’ we hear from one of the patient representatives who took part in the project, Holly Spencer. Here Holly reflects on her diagnosis, her interest in patient and public involvement and her experience of being part of this project. In this third and final article in this special series about our PPI project ‘How can we share research together? A co-creation project to make scientific research more accessible’ we hear from one of the patient representatives who took part in the project, Holly Spencer. Here Holly reflects on her diagnosis, her interest in patient and public involvement and her experience of being part of this project.

by Holly Spencer | Personal stories | 11 June 2024

11 June 2024

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series How can we share research together?
This entry is part 20 of 30 in the series That Cancer Conversation
This entry is part 19 of 30 in the series That Cancer Conversation
That Cancer Conversation in a white speech bubble with a dark blue background

In this episode we speak to Dr Anisha Patel, Dr Anisha Patel, a GP and the author of ‘Everything you hoped you’d never need to know about bowel cancer’. In this episode we speak to Dr Anisha Patel, Dr Anisha Patel, a GP and the author of ‘Everything you hoped you’d never need to know about bowel cancer’.

by Cancer Research UK | Podcast | 30 April 2024

30 April 2024

This entry is part 17 of 30 in the series That Cancer Conversation