• Policy & Insight

A turning point for cancer? Breaking down the National Cancer Plan for England

The UK Government has launched a National Cancer Plan for England. We break down what's in the plan and what it means for people affected by cancer. The UK Government has launched a National Cancer Plan for England. We break down what's in the plan and what it means for people affected by cancer.

4 February 2026

• Health & Medicine

Could studying shopping habits help us spot cancer sooner?

With our funding, researchers at Imperial College London are investigating whether we can look for patterns in the medicines people buy to identify very early-stage cancers. With our funding, researchers at Imperial College London are investigating whether we can look for patterns in the medicines people buy to identify very early-stage cancers.

2 February 2026

• For Researchers

Turning evidence into impact: how CRUK are shaping immigration policy for research talent

We dig into the potential impacts of changes to the immigration system on research, and what CRUK are doing about it… We dig into the potential impacts of changes to the immigration system on research, and what CRUK are doing about it…

29 January 2026

• Health & Medicine

NHS increasing bowel cancer screening sensitivity in England

NHS England has announced it will up the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening tests, a change that should help save more lives from the country's second leading cause of cancer death. NHS England has announced it will up the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening tests, a change that should help save more lives from the country's second leading cause of cancer death.

26 January 2026

• For Researchers

Opposites attract: what wound repair can tell us about cancer

One restores order, the other disrupts it – yet wound healing and cancer share the same cellular machinery. One restores order, the other disrupts it – yet wound healing and cancer share the same cellular machinery.

21 January 2026

• Health & Medicine

Main carrot energy: how vegetables became the stars of our plates

Vegetables definitely play a leading role in a healthy balanced diet - but their star quality wasn't always recognised. We're retracing their journey to the top. Vegetables definitely play a leading role in a healthy balanced diet - but their star quality wasn't always recognised. We're retracing their journey to the top.

19 January 2026

• Health & Medicine

Thousands more men in England offered abiraterone, one of our prostate cancer treatment breakthroughs

An estimated 7,000 more men in England with hormone-sensitive prostate cancer will now be eligible for abiraterone each year. An estimated 7,000 more men in England with hormone-sensitive prostate cancer will now be eligible for abiraterone each year.

16 January 2026

• For Researchers

Making your research better: a patient perspective

Steve Clark tells us why patient involvement is so much more than just a requirement - it can actually bolster your research in surprising ways... Steve Clark tells us why patient involvement is so much more than just a requirement - it can actually bolster your research in surprising ways...

15 January 2026

• For Researchers

The switch and the Trojan horse: how viral vectors and synthetic enhancers could change glioblastoma treatment

Advances in viral gene delivery – and a side project that paid off – have sent a highly targeted glioblastoma immunotherapy heading toward the clinic... Advances in viral gene delivery – and a side project that paid off – have sent a highly targeted glioblastoma immunotherapy heading toward the clinic...

6 January 2026