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Articles and podcasts for researchers. Exploring issues in cancer science, how that science shapes our understanding of the disease, and the challenges the community face conducting this research.

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For Researchers

Getting to grips with the metastatic niche

Understanding how cancer spreads to distant parts of the body is a formidable challenge - but understanding it could be a real clinical breakthrough.....

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

4 November 2025

For Researchers

Animal instincts: Exploring nature’s oncologist

Can we pick apart how evolution has suppressed cancer in some species? Alex Cagen is attempting exactly that by going beyond mouse models… way beyond.

by Cancer Research UK | In depth | 27 October 2025

27 October 2025

For Researchers

A model citizen for early detection

Fresh from her Impact Award, Professor Ruth Etzioni talks mathematical models, overdiagnosis and why modellers must explain their working…

by Phil Prime | Interview | 23 October 2025

23 October 2025

For Researchers

Research careers – a new approach for clinical academics

Clinical academics hold a vital place in the cancer research landscape; so why is it proving so hard to retain them, and what can we do about it?

by Cancer Research UK | Analysis | 14 October 2025

14 October 2025

In depth articles

For Researchers

Getting to grips with the metastatic niche

Understanding how cancer spreads to distant parts of the body is a formidable challenge - but understanding it could be a real clinical breakthrough.....

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

4 November 2025

For Researchers

Animal instincts: Exploring nature’s oncologist

Can we pick apart how evolution has suppressed cancer in some species? Alex Cagen is attempting exactly that by going beyond mouse models… way beyond.

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

27 October 2025

For Researchers

Cancer – a disease of ageing… until it isn’t

Cancer incidence increases with ageing – except in the very old, where rates of the disease drop. Why is that?

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

8 October 2025

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For Researchers

Piecing together the puzzle of cancer inequalities

The issue of cancer inequality is layered, with differences in outcome at each stage of the cancer journey. But researchers are doing the work to put ...

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

2 October 2025

For Researchers

Getting to grips with the metastatic niche

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

4 November 2025

For Researchers

Animal instincts: Exploring nature’s oncologist

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

27 October 2025

For Researchers

Cancer – a disease of ageing… until it isn’t

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

8 October 2025

For Researchers

Piecing together the puzzle of cancer inequalities

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

2 October 2025

For Researchers | In depth

Podcasts

For Researchers

Start-up – forging your own path

This episode of our deep dive into all things science entrepreneurship takes a look at the big moment... starting up your own company!

by Phil Prime
| Podcast

17 December 2024

For Researchers

Cancer Research Matters - Entrepreneurial deep dive

This episode of our deep dive into all things science entrepreneurship takes a look at the skills you'll need to sharpen up to be successful...

by Phil Prime | Podcast | 26 November 2024

26 November 2024

For Researchers

Cancer Research Matters - Entrepreneurial deep dive

Getting findings from discovery research in the lab to a tangible intervention can be daunting. This series aims to de-mystify the various routes you ...

by Phil Prime | Podcast | 11 November 2024

11 November 2024