Cancer Research UK-funded research

• Charity News
• Science & Technology

£3m for world-first trial to revolutionise brain cancer treatment

A pioneering UK-wide trial, the 5G trial, has been awarded over £3m, by Cancer Research UK and the Minderoo Foundation, to test new treatments for people living with brain cancer.   A pioneering UK-wide trial, the 5G trial, has been awarded over £3m, by Cancer Research UK and the Minderoo Foundation, to test new treatments for people living with brain cancer.  

23 October 2024

• Science & Technology

Selenium: Could a common mineral help prevent the spread of cancer?

Limiting breast cancer cells’ ability to consume selenium, an essential mineral found in Brazil nuts, could be a way to stop them spreading. Limiting breast cancer cells’ ability to consume selenium, an essential mineral found in Brazil nuts, could be a way to stop them spreading.

22 October 2024

• Health & Medicine

How smoking makes breast cancer radiotherapy more complicated

We know that smoking causes cancer, but research is also showing that it can interfere with treatment. Breast cancer patients who smoke have a higher risk of side effects from radiotherapy. We know that smoking causes cancer, but research is also showing that it can interfere with treatment. Breast cancer patients who smoke have a higher risk of side effects from radiotherapy.

18 October 2024

• Policy & Insight

Developing target product profiles to support better cancer tests

Target product profiles can help turn promising technologies into tools the NHS can use to diagnose cancer earlier. Here's how. Target product profiles can help turn promising technologies into tools the NHS can use to diagnose cancer earlier. Here's how.

17 October 2024

• Charity News

Cancer Research UK makes unprecedented £173m commitment to world-class research in Cambridge

We’re excited to announce a £173m investment in our Cambridge Institute – the largest single grant we have ever awarded outside of London.   We’re excited to announce a £173m investment in our Cambridge Institute – the largest single grant we have ever awarded outside of London.  

15 October 2024

• Health & Medicine

Cervical cancer treatment breakthrough cuts risk of death by 40%

Researchers funded by Cancer Research UK have made the biggest improvement in cervical cancer treatment in more than 20 years by changing how we use existing drugs.  Researchers funded by Cancer Research UK have made the biggest improvement in cervical cancer treatment in more than 20 years by changing how we use existing drugs. 

14 October 2024

• Health & Medicine

Next-gen personalised radiotherapy could cure more bladder cancers and cut side effects

A new technique for adapting radiotherapy to the ways our bodies change over time has the potential to cure more bladder cancers while causing fewer side effects, according to one of our latest studies.  A new technique for adapting radiotherapy to the ways our bodies change over time has the potential to cure more bladder cancers while causing fewer side effects, according to one of our latest studies. 

7 October 2024

• Charity News

£600,000 given to create the world’s first ovarian cancer prevention vaccine

Researchers at the University of Oxford have been awarded up to £600,000 from Cancer Research UK to create the world’s first vaccine to prevent ovarian cancer. Researchers at the University of Oxford have been awarded up to £600,000 from Cancer Research UK to create the world’s first vaccine to prevent ovarian cancer.

4 October 2024

• Health & Medicine

Groundbreaking trial launches for everyone with Ewing sarcoma

INTER-EWING-1, the largest and most ambitious study ever conducted into Ewing sarcoma, could transform how we treat the disease, which mainly affects children and young people.   INTER-EWING-1, the largest and most ambitious study ever conducted into Ewing sarcoma, could transform how we treat the disease, which mainly affects children and young people.  

25 September 2024

• Charity News

We’re accelerating brain tumour research with £8m more for our Brain Tumour Centres of Excellence

Brain tumour survival remains low and current treatments can have life-altering side effects. That's why Cancer Research UK is awarding £8m more to our Brain Tumour Centres of Excellence to accelerate our discovery of kinder and more effective treatments. Brain tumour survival remains low and current treatments can have life-altering side effects. That's why Cancer Research UK is awarding £8m more to our Brain Tumour Centres of Excellence to accelerate our discovery of kinder and more effective treatments.

24 September 2024

• Science & Technology

Cancer metabolism: finding how fast-growing cancers get their energy

Cancer Grand Challenges team Rosetta found how some of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat breast cancers get the energy they need to grow and spread so quickly. Now we can see about slowing them down for good. Cancer Grand Challenges team Rosetta found how some of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat breast cancers get the energy they need to grow and spread so quickly. Now we can see about slowing them down for good.

24 September 2024

• Charity News

2023/24 in review: Cancer Research UK powers progress in challenging economic climate

Over the last financial year, Cancer Research UK has made significant steps towards achieving its vision of bringing about a world where everyone can live longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer, as outlined in the charity’s latest Annual Report and Accounts, which were published today. Over the last financial year, Cancer Research UK has made significant steps towards achieving its vision of bringing about a world where everyone can live longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer, as outlined in the charity’s latest Annual Report and Accounts, which were published today.

11 September 2024