Search Results: immunotherapy

• Science & Technology

From smouldering ash to a gleaming temple for cancer research: The new home of Cancer Research UK's Manchester Institute

Martin McGlown, our head of regional media relations, reflects on the 2017 Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute fire and the new research centre that has been rebuilt in its place. Martin McGlown, our head of regional media relations, reflects on the 2017 Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute fire and the new research centre that has been rebuilt in its place.

26 April 2023

• Health & Medicine

Children’s cancer charities team up for tomorrow’s treatments

We're helping treble funding for paediatric Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, paving the way to more effective and less toxic treatments for children and young people. We're helping treble funding for paediatric Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, paving the way to more effective and less toxic treatments for children and young people.

3 April 2023

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Scientists uncover how incurable skin cancer resists treatment at the end of life

New results from the Cancer Research UK-funded PEACE study have revealed how some skin cancers stop responding to treatment at the end of life. New results from the Cancer Research UK-funded PEACE study have revealed how some skin cancers stop responding to treatment at the end of life.

29 March 2023

• Personal Stories
• Charity News

Women in Science: Celebrating with our Women of Influence initiative

We celebrated International Women's Day by bringing together amazing women for our annual Women of Influence Fellows' Meeting. Read on for the stories of some of the women in our Women of Influence mentorship scheme. We celebrated International Women's Day by bringing together amazing women for our annual Women of Influence Fellows' Meeting. Read on for the stories of some of the women in our Women of Influence mentorship scheme.

15 March 2023

• Health & Medicine

Our nurses answer your frequently asked questions about cancer

Our nurses have answered some of the frequently asked questions they hear on our Cancer Awareness Roadshow and at Cancer Awareness in the Workplace sessions. Our nurses have answered some of the frequently asked questions they hear on our Cancer Awareness Roadshow and at Cancer Awareness in the Workplace sessions.

2 March 2023

• For Researchers

The power of partnership – the unique alliance taking on brain cancer

The Antibody Alliance Laboratory – a collaboration between Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca – combines academic rigour with agile bioengineering to push forward antibody discovery projects... The Antibody Alliance Laboratory – a collaboration between Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca – combines academic rigour with agile bioengineering to push forward antibody discovery projects...

15 December 2022

• Health & Medicine

NICE recommends pembrolizumab for 1,600 more people with breast cancer

The "potentially life-saving" immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab is now recommended for some people with early triple negative breast cancer in England and Wales. The "potentially life-saving" immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab is now recommended for some people with early triple negative breast cancer in England and Wales.

14 November 2022

• Science & Technology

The Nobel Prize winner helping us treat children's cancers

Professor Carolyn Bertozzi won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She's using all she's learned to create better treatments for solid tumours in children. Professor Carolyn Bertozzi won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She's using all she's learned to create better treatments for solid tumours in children.

8 November 2022

• Health & Medicine

6 highlights from our Black in Cancer conference

Many cancers affect Black people differently. Often, their outcomes are worse. There's a long way to go to change that, but this is how we can start. Many cancers affect Black people differently. Often, their outcomes are worse. There's a long way to go to change that, but this is how we can start.

31 October 2022

• Health & Medicine

New treatment for Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia in England

1 October 2022

• For Researchers

A coming together of minds for early detection

We catch up with Dr Alexis Webb and find out about the upcoming Early Detection of Cancer Conference, the importance of collaboration and why these are exciting times for the field... We catch up with Dr Alexis Webb and find out about the upcoming Early Detection of Cancer Conference, the importance of collaboration and why these are exciting times for the field...

18 August 2022