• Science & Technology

International deal to screen potential cancer drugs using DNA 'barcodes'

A screening technology tags compounds with strands of DNA to assess prototype drugs for anti-cancer activity. A screening technology tags compounds with strands of DNA to assess prototype drugs for anti-cancer activity.

22 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

A third of a million people now diagnosed with cancer every year

The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time. The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time.

14 January 2014

• Science & Technology

Cancer Research UK and Lilly collaborate to trial combinations of potential new cancer treatments

Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office announced that Eli Lilly will join its Combinations Alliance to help discover medicines for cancer. Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office announced that Eli Lilly will join its Combinations Alliance to help discover medicines for cancer.

17 December 2013

• Health & Medicine

Cancer Research UK launches new website to reveal local cancer statistics

Cancer Research UK unveils a new website that reveals a comprehensive breakdown of cancer statistics, which allows everyone to get the latest figures for their area. Cancer Research UK unveils a new website that reveals a comprehensive breakdown of cancer statistics, which allows everyone to get the latest figures for their area.

19 August 2013

Cancer patients want more say in treatment decisions

Cancer patients under 55 want more of a say in the decisions made about their treatment, according to new research being published in the British Journal of Cancer. Cancer patients under 55 want more of a say in the decisions made about their treatment, according to new research being published in the British Journal of Cancer.

7 August 2013

Suffocating tumours could lead to new cancer drugs

Scientists have discovered a new molecule that prevents cancer cells from responding and surviving when starved of oxygen and which could be developed into new treatments for the disease. Scientists have discovered a new molecule that prevents cancer cells from responding and surviving when starved of oxygen and which could be developed into new treatments for the disease.

26 July 2013

Cancer Research UK and CRT collaborate with Abcodia to discover and develop tests for early diagnosis of cancer

CANCER RESEARCH UK and its commercial arm, Cancer Research Technology (CRT), have joined forces with Abcodia, the biomarker validation company with a focus on cancer screening, to develop new blood tests to detect a range of cancers when they are still at a very early stage. CANCER RESEARCH UK and its commercial arm, Cancer Research Technology (CRT), have joined forces with Abcodia, the biomarker validation company with a focus on cancer screening, to develop new blood tests to detect a range of cancers when they are still at a very early stage.

6 June 2013

Cancer Research UK launches trial for potential new drug to block cancer cells' energy supply

CANCER RESEARCH UK’s Drug Development Office (DDO) has launched a new clinical trial of a brand new type of experimental drug to treat a range of cancers. CANCER RESEARCH UK’s Drug Development Office (DDO) has launched a new clinical trial of a brand new type of experimental drug to treat a range of cancers.

31 May 2013

• Health & Medicine

Cancer survivors need more support to stop smoking and drinking

Cancer survivors are no more likely to stop smoking, cut down on alcohol, or exercise more often than the general population, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday). Cancer survivors are no more likely to stop smoking, cut down on alcohol, or exercise more often than the general population, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday).

22 May 2013

GPs refer eighty per cent of suspected cancers after two visits

More than 80 per cent of patients suspected of having cancer are being referred by their GP in the first two consultations, with more than half being sent to see a specialist at the first appointment, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer. More than 80 per cent of patients suspected of having cancer are being referred by their GP in the first two consultations, with more than half being sent to see a specialist at the first appointment, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

8 February 2013

• Health & Medicine

Friends and family say doctors should give lifestyle advice to cancer patients

Over 80 per cent of cancer patients' close friends and family think that doctors should give their cancer patients lifestyle advice on eating habits, weight-loss and exercise, according to a new study published today (Friday) in the British Journal of Cancer. Over 80 per cent of cancer patients' close friends and family think that doctors should give their cancer patients lifestyle advice on eating habits, weight-loss and exercise, according to a new study published today (Friday) in the British Journal of Cancer.

8 February 2013

• Health & Medicine

People admit risking their health by putting off visit to the GP

Almost one in three (32 per cent) people in the UK say that if they had an unusual or persistent change to their body, thinking it would go away in its own time would stop them from visiting their GP according to a new survey from Cancer Research UK. Almost one in three (32 per cent) people in the UK say that if they had an unusual or persistent change to their body, thinking it would go away in its own time would stop them from visiting their GP according to a new survey from Cancer Research UK.

18 September 2012