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6 of the biggest good news cancer stories of 2021

From promising new cancer drugs to trialling a cancer blood test, here are some of the top good news stories from 2021. From promising new cancer drugs to trialling a cancer blood test, here are some of the top good news stories from 2021.

by Harry Jenkins | Analysis | 15 December 2021

15 December 2021

Charlie Swanton, our chief clinician, headed to the world’s most important climate change conference to talk about the links between pollution and lung cancer in never smokers... Charlie Swanton, our chief clinician, headed to the world’s most important climate change conference to talk about the links between pollution and lung cancer in never smokers...

by Phil Prime | In depth | 13 December 2021

13 December 2021

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Dr Ishu Kataria and her team are working out how to get the HPV vaccine to more than 70 million girls and help India 'eliminate' cervical cancer. Dr Ishu Kataria and her team are working out how to get the HPV vaccine to more than 70 million girls and help India 'eliminate' cervical cancer.

by Cancer Research UK | Podcast | 9 December 2021

9 December 2021

This entry is part 4 of 38 in the series That Cancer Conversation
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In the last decade, many more cancer drugs have become available compared to what we’ve seen previously. This has led to more cancer treatment options, but it has also led to more uncertainty about drugs’ clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness. How can this be addressed? In the last decade, many more cancer drugs have become available compared to what we’ve seen previously. This has led to more cancer treatment options, but it has also led to more uncertainty about drugs’ clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness. How can this be addressed?

by Mads Thomsen | Analysis | 2 December 2021

2 December 2021

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More than 600 people in England with a form of lung cancer could benefit from the innovative drug osimertinib (Tagrisso) after its approval by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. More than 600 people in England with a form of lung cancer could benefit from the innovative drug osimertinib (Tagrisso) after its approval by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

by Harry Jenkins | News | 1 December 2021

1 December 2021

The role of the nervous system in cancer progression remains largely unexplored. Now, our researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre are leaning into the unknown to find out how cancer uses nerve cells and networks to survive and grow. The role of the nervous system in cancer progression remains largely unexplored. Now, our researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre are leaning into the unknown to find out how cancer uses nerve cells and networks to survive and grow.

by Joanna Lewin | In depth | 1 December 2021

1 December 2021

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How exactly do you create an exhibition looking at the hugely complex and emotive subject of cancer? You do exactly what the Science Museum has done in its superb exhibition, which I had the pleasure of attending last month. How exactly do you create an exhibition looking at the hugely complex and emotive subject of cancer? You do exactly what the Science Museum has done in its superb exhibition, which I had the pleasure of attending last month.

by Patrick McGuire | Analysis | 24 November 2021

24 November 2021