• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

ASCO 2016: will fine-tuning treatments require redefined tumours?

From immunotherapy to targeted cancer treatment, here's our round up of the big news from the annual ASCO conference. From immunotherapy to targeted cancer treatment, here's our round up of the big news from the annual ASCO conference.

15 June 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - ASCO, fizzy drinks, new bowel screening test and... Noel Edmonds?

Here’s the week’s cancer news. Here’s the week’s cancer news.

11 June 2016

• Charity News

Cancer Research UK researchers honoured by the Queen

Two Cancer Research UK-funded experts have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for their services to science. Two Cancer Research UK-funded experts have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for their services to science.

11 June 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - ‘Holy Grail’ vaccine, plain packs taking over the world, spare tyres and heart cancer?

Here's our round-up of all this week's cancer news. Here's our round-up of all this week's cancer news.

4 June 2016

• Health & Medicine

Scientists tear down pancreatic cancer's defences

Glasgow researchers have shown an experimental drug that blocks CXCR2 can improve survival in mice when given with immunotherapy drugs. Glasgow researchers have shown an experimental drug that blocks CXCR2 can improve survival in mice when given with immunotherapy drugs.

2 June 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - goodbye glitzy cigarette packs, ‘sunscreen gene’, Welsh waiting woes and… a cancer-preventing walk?

Standardised cigarette packs; misleading talk of a ‘sunscreen gene’; waiting times missed in Wales and why preventing cancer isn't ‘a walk in the park’. Standardised cigarette packs; misleading talk of a ‘sunscreen gene’; waiting times missed in Wales and why preventing cancer isn't ‘a walk in the park’.

21 May 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - waiting time woe, cancer plans, post mortem study boost and… John Oliver?

A bite-size digest of all the weeks key stories in cancer research, policy and health. A bite-size digest of all the weeks key stories in cancer research, policy and health.

14 May 2016

Cancer Research UK invests £16 million into hard to treat cancers

Cancer Research UK is investing in four UK-wide collaborations today to inspire new approaches to understanding and treating cancers with low survival. Cancer Research UK is investing in four UK-wide collaborations today to inspire new approaches to understanding and treating cancers with low survival.

13 May 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - 'complete picture' of breast cancer, robo-surgery, mobile phones and… a 'universal cure'?

DNA study gives clearer picture of breast cancer, a robot does surgery, mobile phones and brain tumours plus why write a ‘universal cure’ headline? DNA study gives clearer picture of breast cancer, a robot does surgery, mobile phones and brain tumours plus why write a ‘universal cure’ headline?

7 May 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

More pieces of the jigsaw fall into place at the 2016 AACR Conference

We look back on the key topics and trends discussed at the American Association of Cancer Research's recent Annual Meeting in New Orleans We look back on the key topics and trends discussed at the American Association of Cancer Research's recent Annual Meeting in New Orleans

6 May 2016

• Science & Technology

Everything you really need to know about DNA sequencing

We explore how we got to where we are today with DNA sequencing and the science behind it. We explore how we got to where we are today with DNA sequencing and the science behind it.

25 April 2016