Cancer Grand Challenges

• Health & Medicine

Early-onset cancer: why are more young adults being diagnosed?

Cancer rates in adults under 50 have been rising since the 1990s. Our researchers are leading the effort to turn the trend around. Cancer rates in adults under 50 have been rising since the 1990s. Our researchers are leading the effort to turn the trend around.

24 January 2023

• Science & Technology

A radical project: video game design meets cancer research

The same techniques that make video games so popular can help us treat cancer. Owen Harris, designer of a new VR tool for studying tumours, tells us how. The same techniques that make video games so popular can help us treat cancer. Owen Harris, designer of a new VR tool for studying tumours, tells us how.

1 December 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

• Science & Technology

How “the most advanced machine learning approach” is finding new cancer-causing mutational signatures

A team of researchers has developed a new tool to identify mutational signatures in cancer DNA that's quickly establishing itself as the best of the best.   A team of researchers has developed a new tool to identify mutational signatures in cancer DNA that's quickly establishing itself as the best of the best.  

12 October 2022

• Science & Technology

Picking out the patterns: How scientists are finding cancer’s signatures in tumour DNA

An international team of researchers have identified 21 common faults in cancer DNA using an algorithm that works similarly to Netflix An international team of researchers have identified 21 common faults in cancer DNA using an algorithm that works similarly to Netflix

15 June 2022

• Science & Technology
• For Supporters

Bjorn Saven: “By supporting early career researchers to do their jobs really well, we can help move the world forward”

We speak with the industrialist, investor and Cancer Research UK supporter about his substantial donation to support our early career researchers… and why he changed his mind about cancer research. We speak with the industrialist, investor and Cancer Research UK supporter about his substantial donation to support our early career researchers… and why he changed his mind about cancer research.

19 November 2021

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Predicting future breast cancer with precision

An international team of Cancer Grand Challenges scientists are conducting one biggest studies of its kind to try to predict who will develop invasive breast cancer. An international team of Cancer Grand Challenges scientists are conducting one biggest studies of its kind to try to predict who will develop invasive breast cancer.

22 March 2021

• Science & Technology

We’re asking scientists to tackle 9 of the toughest challenges in cancer research

We’ve partnered with the National Cancer Institute in the US (NCI) to stimulate even more innovative research collaborations through Cancer Grand Challenges. We’ve partnered with the National Cancer Institute in the US (NCI) to stimulate even more innovative research collaborations through Cancer Grand Challenges.

14 October 2020

• Science & Technology

The team of over 60 scientists investigating the age-old mystery of inflammation and cancer

We spoke to 3 members of the global STORMing Cancer team about their work to solve the mystery of inflammation and cancer. We spoke to 3 members of the global STORMing Cancer team about their work to solve the mystery of inflammation and cancer.

24 September 2020

• Science & Technology

Searching for novel connections in cancer metabolism

Our scientists have been hunting for patterns that could reveals clues about metabolism and cancer. Our scientists have been hunting for patterns that could reveals clues about metabolism and cancer.

19 June 2020