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A polar bear swimming on its back

We're not the the only ones who need to practise sun safety. Here's what we can learn from hippos, elephants and even polar bears. We're not the the only ones who need to practise sun safety. Here's what we can learn from hippos, elephants and even polar bears.

by Julia Cotterill | Analysis | 8 May 2024

8 May 2024

Someone taking a cigarette out of a packet

A decade-long decline in the number of cigarettes a person who smokes has per day is at risk, a new Cancer Research UK study has revealed. A decade-long decline in the number of cigarettes a person who smokes has per day is at risk, a new Cancer Research UK study has revealed.

by Jacob Smith | News | 2 May 2024

2 May 2024

An abstract illustration of a DNA molecule

Researchers from the Cancer Grand Challenges Mutographs team have identified a previously unknown mutational signature in the DNA of kidney cancer across 11 countries Researchers from the Cancer Grand Challenges Mutographs team have identified a previously unknown mutational signature in the DNA of kidney cancer across 11 countries

by Jacob Smith | In depth | 1 May 2024

1 May 2024

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 38 in the series That Cancer Conversation
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Cancer Cells

Help us celebrate the beauty of your science in our Research is Beautiful image campaign – send your images now! Help us celebrate the beauty of your science in our Research is Beautiful image campaign – send your images now!

by Cancer Research UK | In depth | 29 April 2024

29 April 2024

This entry is part 1 of 22 in the series Research is Beautiful
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That Cancer Conversation in a white speech bubble with a dark blue background

In another episode of That Cancer Conversation, Sophie speaks to Shaumya about being diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma at 18. In another episode of That Cancer Conversation, Sophie speaks to Shaumya about being diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma at 18.

by Cancer Research UK | Podcast | 26 April 2024

26 April 2024

This entry is part 16 of 38 in the series That Cancer Conversation
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Vaccine vial and needle

Iain Foulkes, Executive Director of Research and Innovation at Cancer Research UK, reflects on today's news that Moderna and MSD’s melanoma cancer vaccine is moving to Phase 3 clinical trials Iain Foulkes, Executive Director of Research and Innovation at Cancer Research UK, reflects on today's news that Moderna and MSD’s melanoma cancer vaccine is moving to Phase 3 clinical trials

by Iain Foulkes | Opinion | 26 April 2024

26 April 2024

Environmental sustainable research

If the UK is to meet its net zero goals, scientific research must change. We take our role in that seriously says Mathew Tata... If the UK is to meet its net zero goals, scientific research must change. We take our role in that seriously says Mathew Tata...

by Cancer Research UK | Analysis | 25 April 2024

25 April 2024

Dame Deborah James with her father, Alistair, at Wimbledon

Alistair James, Dame Deborah James's father, shares why he and his family have written to party leaders ahead of the upcoming general election Alistair James, Dame Deborah James's father, shares why he and his family have written to party leaders ahead of the upcoming general election

by Alistair James | Opinion | 25 April 2024

25 April 2024