Cancer Research UK-funded research

• Health & Medicine

Enhanced breast cancer screening could help more women with dense breasts

Around 10% of women have very dense breasts, with more fibrous and glandular tissue and a higher breast cancer risk. Their breast cancers are also harder to see in mammograms. Around 10% of women have very dense breasts, with more fibrous and glandular tissue and a higher breast cancer risk. Their breast cancers are also harder to see in mammograms.

22 May 2025

• Charity News

20 years in partnership with TK Maxx: How a dress celebrates £50m raised for vital cancer research

We're celebrating the £50m raised by TK Maxx with a 50-layer dress modelled by Naomie Harris - and we're highlighting how their support has helped fund research into children's and young people's cancers. We're celebrating the £50m raised by TK Maxx with a 50-layer dress modelled by Naomie Harris - and we're highlighting how their support has helped fund research into children's and young people's cancers.

21 May 2025

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Partnering olaparib with chemotherapy helps treat BRCA breast cancers

Our Partner trial has found a new treatment combination for women with inherited breast cancers, with all 39 patients who received it surviving the critical three years after surgery Our Partner trial has found a new treatment combination for women with inherited breast cancers, with all 39 patients who received it surviving the critical three years after surgery

13 May 2025

• Science & Technology

E. coli toxin could be linked to rising rates of bowel cancer in younger adults

A team of our Cancer Grand Challenges researchers have found the first specific clue about what could be behind the rise of bowel cancer in under-50s. A team of our Cancer Grand Challenges researchers have found the first specific clue about what could be behind the rise of bowel cancer in under-50s.

23 April 2025

• Policy & Insight

Visiting the Bowelbabe Lab: Why tackling cancer must remain a government priority

Today, Michelle Mitchell, our chief executive, met Wes Streeting at the Bowelbabe Lab in the Crick Institute to discuss why cancer must remain a government priority Today, Michelle Mitchell, our chief executive, met Wes Streeting at the Bowelbabe Lab in the Crick Institute to discuss why cancer must remain a government priority

23 April 2025

• Health & Medicine

Detecting prostate cancer: why we need more research

We set out why we believe there are currently no easy solutions to prostate cancer early diagnosis, and what we’re doing at Cancer Research UK to change that. We set out why we believe there are currently no easy solutions to prostate cancer early diagnosis, and what we’re doing at Cancer Research UK to change that.

14 April 2025

• Science & Technology

Scientists develop a 'metal detector' to find cancer's weak points

PRRDetect, developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge, picks out cancers that are vulnerable to immunotherapy by scanning for mutation patterns. PRRDetect, developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge, picks out cancers that are vulnerable to immunotherapy by scanning for mutation patterns.

10 April 2025

• Personal Stories

"What changed when I was diagnosed with cancer"

Four teenagers and young adults tell us what it's like to receive a lifechanging cancer diagnosis while your life is still taking shape. Four teenagers and young adults tell us what it's like to receive a lifechanging cancer diagnosis while your life is still taking shape.

4 April 2025

• Science & Technology

£5.5m research funding to transform bowel cancer care

Along with our partners, we've committed £5.5m in funding to form a world-leading research team tasked with making personalised medicine a reality for people with bowel cancer. Along with our partners, we've committed £5.5m in funding to form a world-leading research team tasked with making personalised medicine a reality for people with bowel cancer.

31 March 2025

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine
• Charity News

Our Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month research roundup

Around 2,200 teenagers and young adults are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every year. For Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, we're highlighting some of the ways we're working to help them. Around 2,200 teenagers and young adults are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every year. For Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, we're highlighting some of the ways we're working to help them.

26 March 2025

• Health & Medicine

Manchester scientists discover simple blood test to spot skin cancer returning

Our DETECTION-2 trial will test a blood test developed by our researchers in Manchester to see if it can help spot signs that melanoma may return Our DETECTION-2 trial will test a blood test developed by our researchers in Manchester to see if it can help spot signs that melanoma may return

20 March 2025