• Health & Medicine

Low testosterone levels linked to reduced risk of prostate cancer

Men with unusually low amounts of testosterone in their blood are around 20% less likely to develop prostate cancer. Men with unusually low amounts of testosterone in their blood are around 20% less likely to develop prostate cancer.

4 November 2017

• Policy & Insight

Government plan could see faster approvals for some promising new treatments

Some promising medical treatments and technologies will be fast-tracked through regulatory approval under new plans. Some promising medical treatments and technologies will be fast-tracked through regulatory approval under new plans.

3 November 2017

• Health & Medicine

Regular smoking in young people at record low

The proportion of young people smoking in England regularly is the lowest on record, according to new figures. The proportion of young people smoking in England regularly is the lowest on record, according to new figures.

3 November 2017

• Health & Medicine

More women than men are diagnosed with bowel cancer as an emergency despite extra GP visits

More than a third of women with bowel cancer in England were diagnosed after an emergency hospital visit compared to less than a third of men. More than a third of women with bowel cancer in England were diagnosed after an emergency hospital visit compared to less than a third of men.

3 November 2017

• Science & Technology

Gut bacteria may influence response to cancer immunotherapy

The type of bacteria in the gut of patients with advanced melanoma may influence their response to a certain type immunotherapy, according to new research. The type of bacteria in the gut of patients with advanced melanoma may influence their response to a certain type immunotherapy, according to new research.

2 November 2017

• For Researchers

Q&A: Owen Sansom on stepping up as Director of our CRUK Beatson Institute

We caught up with Prof Owen Sansom to ask him about his plans for the CRUK Beatson Institute, and what's exciting him in cancer research. We caught up with Prof Owen Sansom to ask him about his plans for the CRUK Beatson Institute, and what's exciting him in cancer research.

2 November 2017

• Health & Medicine

Alternative cancer therapies: the potential impact on survival

Research from the US provides evidence of the harm of patients choosing alternative therapy and declining conventional treatments and the impact on survival. Research from the US provides evidence of the harm of patients choosing alternative therapy and declining conventional treatments and the impact on survival.

1 November 2017

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

From cancer evolution to targeting faulty genetics – our new fellows

Find out the burning questions some of our researchers want to answer as they set up their own research teams for the first time. Find out the burning questions some of our researchers want to answer as they set up their own research teams for the first time.

31 October 2017

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest – e-cig inquiry, breast cancer risk, junk food promotions, and… a lack of goodwill?

This week saw new research on brain tumour and ovarian cancers, while MPs launched an inquiry into e-cigarettes. This week saw new research on brain tumour and ovarian cancers, while MPs launched an inquiry into e-cigarettes.

28 October 2017

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

Meet our scientists investigating cancers’ weak spots, showing research ROCKs, and much more

We’d like to introduce the latest bunch of scientists that we’ve given funding to head up their own research teams for the first time. We’d like to introduce the latest bunch of scientists that we’ve given funding to head up their own research teams for the first time.

27 October 2017

• Science & Technology

Safety of gene therapy for brain tumours tested in early trial

Results from a small clinical trial suggest an experimental gene therapy is safe and has potential as a treatment for patients with a type of brain tumour. Results from a small clinical trial suggest an experimental gene therapy is safe and has potential as a treatment for patients with a type of brain tumour.

27 October 2017

• Science & Technology

Computer programme could predict if immunotherapy will work

Combining information from different cancer scans could offer a way to predict if immunotherapy will work, according to a small unpublished study. Combining information from different cancer scans could offer a way to predict if immunotherapy will work, according to a small unpublished study.

27 October 2017