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Our Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month research roundup

Around 2,200 teenagers and young adults are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every year. For Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, we're highlighting some of the ways we're working to help them. Around 2,200 teenagers and young adults are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every year. For Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, we're highlighting some of the ways we're working to help them.

by Ben Sammon, Tim Gunn | In depth | 26 March 2025

26 March 2025

Tibia polarised

After a difficult time picking a winner, here are a few of our top picks from the rest of February's entries. After a difficult time picking a winner, here are a few of our top picks from the rest of February's entries.

by Phil Prime | In depth | 21 March 2025

21 March 2025

This entry is part 13 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
8 Cell STED

Our Research is Beautiful campaign continues to inspire with some fantastic images, but there has to be a winner, and here’s February’s… Our Research is Beautiful campaign continues to inspire with some fantastic images, but there has to be a winner, and here’s February’s…

by Phil Prime | In depth | 13 March 2025

13 March 2025

This entry is part 12 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
Head shots of Dr Lian Ni Lee, Sânziana Foia and Professor Christine Harrison

For International Women's Day 2025, we're celebrating three inspirational women and the contributions they have made to cancer research For International Women's Day 2025, we're celebrating three inspirational women and the contributions they have made to cancer research

by Amy Warnock | In depth | 8 March 2025

8 March 2025

MRI scan of Brain

Henry Scowcroft looks at a pioneering new clinical platform trial set to offer more options to UK glioblastoma patients and kick-start progress Henry Scowcroft looks at a pioneering new clinical platform trial set to offer more options to UK glioblastoma patients and kick-start progress

by Henry Scowcroft | In depth | 4 March 2025

4 March 2025

The DETERMINE trial team celebrating at the Bionow awards

Since launching in December 2021, the DETERMINE trial has hit many milestones on the way to providing much needed treatment options for people with rare cancers, including treating its 100th patient. On Rare Disease Day, we look back at some of those key achievements. Since launching in December 2021, the DETERMINE trial has hit many milestones on the way to providing much needed treatment options for people with rare cancers, including treating its 100th patient. On Rare Disease Day, we look back at some of those key achievements.

by Tim Bodicoat | In depth | 28 February 2025

28 February 2025

A pattern of pink poo icons on a turquoise background.
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Let's talk about poo

Talking about poo can save lives from bowel cancer. Here are our top poo facts to get the conversation going. Talking about poo can save lives from bowel cancer. Here are our top poo facts to get the conversation going.

by Julia Cotterill | In depth | 24 February 2025

24 February 2025

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Multi-cancer tests
A green beam of light from a radiotherapy machine.

Modern radiotherapy is used to treat more than 140,000 people with cancer in the UK every year. We've brought it a long way since 1896. Here's the full story. Modern radiotherapy is used to treat more than 140,000 people with cancer in the UK every year. We've brought it a long way since 1896. Here's the full story.

by Tim Gunn | In depth | 17 February 2025

17 February 2025

disability

Disability need not hold you back from an incredible research career. We hear from researchers who have not just managed, but thrived… Disability need not hold you back from an incredible research career. We hear from researchers who have not just managed, but thrived…

by Phil Prime | In depth | 11 February 2025

11 February 2025

This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Diversity in research
spatial transcriptomics

Our Research is Beautiful campaign continues to inspire with some fantastic images, but there has to be a winner, and here’s January’s… Our Research is Beautiful campaign continues to inspire with some fantastic images, but there has to be a winner, and here’s January’s…

by Phil Prime | In depth | 3 February 2025

3 February 2025

This entry is part 11 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
loyalty cards

The idea of using shopping behaviour as an early signal of ovarian cancer is certainly thinking outside the box, but could it work? The idea of using shopping behaviour as an early signal of ovarian cancer is certainly thinking outside the box, but could it work?

by Cancer Research UK | In depth | 28 January 2025

28 January 2025