Cancer genes

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• Health & Medicine

A tale of two hormone receptors – could prostate cancer therapy help breast cancer patients?

24 June 2011

• Science & Technology

Research on hairy-cell leukaemia shows the promise of new DNA-scanning technologies

11 June 2011

• Science & Technology

Government committee puts £6m into genetic technologies for cancer

10 June 2011

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• Science & Technology

ASCO 2011 – the challenge and promise of the genomic era

8 June 2011

• Science & Technology

Preventing prostate cancer cells from 'bodybuilding' provides new treatment hope

Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that stopping prostate cancer cells from 'bulking up' with nutrients reduces the spread of the disease and tumour size, according to research published today in EMBO Journal. Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that stopping prostate cancer cells from 'bulking up' with nutrients reduces the spread of the disease and tumour size, according to research published today in EMBO Journal.

20 May 2011

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Trigger for 'undruggable' lung cancer gene offers new treatment hope

Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that an enzyme called C-Raf controls a hugely important gene responsible for the development of lung cancer, according to research published in Cancer Discovery*. Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that an enzyme called C-Raf controls a hugely important gene responsible for the development of lung cancer, according to research published in Cancer Discovery*.

12 May 2011

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Gary Lineker, cancer stats and radiotherapy in this month's podcast

17 March 2011

• Policy & Insight
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Expert Opinion: Professor Nic Jones

11 March 2011

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• Health & Medicine

Another step towards understanding drug-resistant cancers

1 March 2011

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Unstable chromosomes cause resistance to cancer drugs

Cancer Research UK scientists have made an important step towards developing personalised bowel cancer treatment by identifying which tumours are more likely to become drug resistant, according to research published in Cancer Research today. Cancer Research UK scientists have made an important step towards developing personalised bowel cancer treatment by identifying which tumours are more likely to become drug resistant, according to research published in Cancer Research today.

1 March 2011

• Science & Technology

Learning lessons from a rare skin cancer that heals itself

27 February 2011

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Scientists discover cause of rare skin cancer that heals itself

Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered the gene behind a rare skin cancer which grows rapidly for a few weeks before healing spontaneously, according to research published in Nature Genetics. Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered the gene behind a rare skin cancer which grows rapidly for a few weeks before healing spontaneously, according to research published in Nature Genetics.

27 February 2011