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Our most important cancer research stories of 2022

This year has been full of research, advances and people worth celebrating. Here are some of our biggest stories from the past 12 months.  This year has been full of research, advances and people worth celebrating. Here are some of our biggest stories from the past 12 months. 

14 December 2022

• Health & Medicine

Why do non-smokers face delays in getting a lung cancer diagnosis?

Up to 14% of people with lung cancer in the UK have never smoked. New research funded by us reveals why non-smokers face delays in getting diagnosed with lung cancer Up to 14% of people with lung cancer in the UK have never smoked. New research funded by us reveals why non-smokers face delays in getting diagnosed with lung cancer

25 November 2022

• For Supporters

ScottishPower supports vital research into air pollution and cancer

24 November 2022

• For Researchers

Thinking outside the chromosome – how ecDNA is challenging conventional thinking

What is extrachromosomal DNA? How have we come to think of its role in cancer? And what has all this got to do with a flagship lung cancer study? What is extrachromosomal DNA? How have we come to think of its role in cancer? And what has all this got to do with a flagship lung cancer study?

11 November 2022

• Science & Technology

Scientists reveal how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked

A long-term study funded by Cancer Research UK has revealed how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked.  A long-term study funded by Cancer Research UK has revealed how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked. 

10 September 2022

• For Researchers

Tough questions for tough times in clinical research

We invited our clinical research community to pose us questions to make sure we are doing all we can to help the recovery of cancer clinical trials to pre-pandemic levels We invited our clinical research community to pose us questions to make sure we are doing all we can to help the recovery of cancer clinical trials to pre-pandemic levels

29 April 2022

• Health & Medicine

120 years of discovery: 10 ways we’ve changed the story for people with cancer

From a legacy of life-saving medicines to developing new tools to detect cancer, our scientists have been at the forefront of cancer research for 120 years. From a legacy of life-saving medicines to developing new tools to detect cancer, our scientists have been at the forefront of cancer research for 120 years.

2 February 2022

• For Researchers

It’s a fair COP: Why our chief clinician went to a climate change summit

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...

13 December 2021

• For Supporters

Philanthropist Simon Collins: "I realised I could make a difference by applying things I can do to things I couldn't in a million years"

As chair of our philanthropic giving circle the Catalyst Club, businessman Simon Collins is helping to unlock transformational funding to support our life-saving research. Meet Simon and learn more about the Catalyst Club, which turns 10 this year. As chair of our philanthropic giving circle the Catalyst Club, businessman Simon Collins is helping to unlock transformational funding to support our life-saving research. Meet Simon and learn more about the Catalyst Club, which turns 10 this year.

6 September 2021

• Charity News

Charity ‘looks to the future with renewed optimism’

Cancer Research UK's Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 reveals the impact of the pandemic on its income and spend on charitable activities over the past year. Cancer Research UK's Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 reveals the impact of the pandemic on its income and spend on charitable activities over the past year.

21 July 2021

• Science & Technology

Scientists find cells in centre of tumours are most likely to spread

The new findings shed light on how cancer cells found in different parts of a tumour behave differently. The new findings shed light on how cancer cells found in different parts of a tumour behave differently.

19 May 2021

• For Supporters

“Helping to shine a torch into the darkness has been incredible”: 5 times philanthropy helped change the course of cancer research

This World Cancer Day, we hear from the philanthropists who supported some of our most exciting projects. This World Cancer Day, we hear from the philanthropists who supported some of our most exciting projects.

4 February 2021