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Cancer Research UK forms collaboration with SV Health Investors to accelerate development of cancer medicines

Cancer Research UK announces a strategic partnership with SV Health Investors focused on the development of new cancer medicines for patients. Cancer Research UK announces a strategic partnership with SV Health Investors focused on the development of new cancer medicines for patients.

2 July 2019

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News digest – obesity projections, immunotherapy trials, Vitamin D and cancer ‘cure’ documentaries

In the news this week: The low-down from the world’s largest cancer conference and the dangerous documentaries spreading misinformation about cancer. In the news this week: The low-down from the world’s largest cancer conference and the dangerous documentaries spreading misinformation about cancer.

8 June 2019

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Targeted drug trial points to potential ‘new age’ for pancreatic cancer treatment

A drug that’s designed to target weaknesses inside cancer cells can hold some advanced pancreatic cancers at bay for a short time after chemotherapy. A drug that’s designed to target weaknesses inside cancer cells can hold some advanced pancreatic cancers at bay for a short time after chemotherapy.

2 June 2019

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ASCO 2019 news: targeted treatment takeover, drugging the ‘undruggable’, obesity and blood tests

The 2019 ASCO conference news highlights: a year of progress with targeted drugs trialled in prostate, pancreatic, breast and lung cancers. The 2019 ASCO conference news highlights: a year of progress with targeted drugs trialled in prostate, pancreatic, breast and lung cancers.

31 May 2019

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Rewriting the breast cancer rulebook 

Our scientists have found that breast cancer is not 1 but 10 different diseases, each with a different risk of coming back or spreading. Our scientists have found that breast cancer is not 1 but 10 different diseases, each with a different risk of coming back or spreading.

13 March 2019

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Cancer Research UK tackles global cancer challenges with £60 million in funding

Cancer Research UK is funding three international research initiatives to investigate the microbiome, chronic inflammation and cancer tissues specificity. Cancer Research UK is funding three international research initiatives to investigate the microbiome, chronic inflammation and cancer tissues specificity.

23 January 2019

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Celebrating a lifetime in cancer biology, an early diagnosis champion, and our leaders of tomorrow: the 2018 CRUK Research Prizes

We've awarded our annual research prizes at the NCRI Conference in Glasgow. Find out who won our Future Leaders, Jane Wardle, and Lifetime Achievement prizes. We've awarded our annual research prizes at the NCRI Conference in Glasgow. Find out who won our Future Leaders, Jane Wardle, and Lifetime Achievement prizes.

19 December 2018

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News digest – NHS staff shortages, cervical screening error, HPV jab catch-up and ‘fat-clogged’ cells

In the news this week: NHS staff shortages could reach 350,000 by 2030 and an error meant almost 50,000 women weren’t sent cervical screening letters. In the news this week: NHS staff shortages could reach 350,000 by 2030 and an error meant almost 50,000 women weren’t sent cervical screening letters.

17 November 2018

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News digest – breast cancer trials, height and cancer risk, bowel cancer in young people and immunotherapy

In the news this week: promising clinical trial results from ESMO 2018 and we call out an anti-smoking campaign’s hypocrisy. In the news this week: promising clinical trial results from ESMO 2018 and we call out an anti-smoking campaign’s hypocrisy.

27 October 2018

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Professor Stephen West awarded Cancer Research UK’s lifetime achievement prize

Professor Stephen West of the Francis Crick Institute has been awarded the Cancer Research UK lifetime achievement award for his pioneering work in DNA repair. Professor Stephen West of the Francis Crick Institute has been awarded the Cancer Research UK lifetime achievement award for his pioneering work in DNA repair.

3 October 2018

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News digest – radiologist shortage, ‘no deal’ Brexit plans, e-cigarettes and alcohol

In the news this week: the health risks caused by drinking alcohol and scientists discover a promising drug target for some lung cancers. In the news this week: the health risks caused by drinking alcohol and scientists discover a promising drug target for some lung cancers.

25 August 2018

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Prostate cancer diagnosis: how scientists are working to get it right

Questions are being asked of the tests used to diagnose prostate cancer, and how they can be improved. We cover the latest research, including specialist MRI. Questions are being asked of the tests used to diagnose prostate cancer, and how they can be improved. We cover the latest research, including specialist MRI.

9 May 2018