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Ahead of World Cancer Day on Sunday, our Cancer in the UK 2024 report sets out why cancer is still the defining health issue of our time. Ahead of World Cancer Day on Sunday, our Cancer in the UK 2024 report sets out why cancer is still the defining health issue of our time.

by Imogen Powell Brown | Analysis | 2 February 2024

2 February 2024

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Our researchers have found mutations that make cancers much more likely to respond to immunotherapy. It's a chance to make breakthrough treatments work for many more people. Our researchers have found mutations that make cancers much more likely to respond to immunotherapy. It's a chance to make breakthrough treatments work for many more people.

by Tim Gunn | Analysis | 31 January 2024

31 January 2024

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Michelle Mitchell, our chief executive, reacts to Labour’s Life Science Plan and explains why science policy will be so important for the UK's future. Michelle Mitchell, our chief executive, reacts to Labour’s Life Science Plan and explains why science policy will be so important for the UK's future.

by Michelle Mitchell | Opinion | 30 January 2024

30 January 2024

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The results of a Government consultation to the propose age of sale legislation have been published today. But what do these results mean and what are the next steps on our road to a smokefree generation? The results of a Government consultation to the propose age of sale legislation have been published today. But what do these results mean and what are the next steps on our road to a smokefree generation?

by Alizee Froguel | Analysis | 29 January 2024

29 January 2024

This entry is part 13 of 37 in the series That Cancer Conversation
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Immunotherapy is a new type of treatment causing a buzz in the medical community. But what makes it so exciting? Immunotherapy is a new type of treatment causing a buzz in the medical community. But what makes it so exciting?

by Cancer Research UK | Philanthropy and partnerships | 25 January 2024

25 January 2024

Integrity

We find out what annual integrity statements are, and how best to put them together and use them... We find out what annual integrity statements are, and how best to put them together and use them...

by Cancer Research UK | Analysis | 23 January 2024

23 January 2024

This entry is part 11 of 17 in the series Research Integrity
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