• Health & Medicine

How tiny metal beads could make chemotherapy more effective for brain tumours

Our researchers are working on a new way to improve chemotherapy treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using the precious metal palladium. Our researchers are working on a new way to improve chemotherapy treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using the precious metal palladium.

31 August 2018

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Improving brain tumour diagnosis to make treatment personal

Our scientists are working to improve brain tumour diagnosis. Find out how this could make treatment more personal, and guide people onto clinical trials. Our scientists are working to improve brain tumour diagnosis. Find out how this could make treatment more personal, and guide people onto clinical trials.

24 August 2018

• Science & Technology

Cell ‘chatter’ discovery could open clinical trial opportunity for fatal childhood brain tumour

DIPG is a fatal childhood brain tumour. But our scientists are unpicking its biology in the hope of finding new ways to tackle this hard to treat cancer. DIPG is a fatal childhood brain tumour. But our scientists are unpicking its biology in the hope of finding new ways to tackle this hard to treat cancer.

2 July 2018

• Health & Medicine

Combining heartburn drugs and aspirin could help prevent oesophageal cancer in people at high risk

Two over-the-counter, widely available drugs could help cut cases of oesophageal cancer in people at higher risk of the disease. Two over-the-counter, widely available drugs could help cut cases of oesophageal cancer in people at higher risk of the disease.

4 June 2018

• Science & Technology

Learning from a cancer’s past could predict its future

By revealing a tumour’s past, our scientists are opening the possibility of predicting its future. This could help make cancer treatment more personal. By revealing a tumour’s past, our scientists are opening the possibility of predicting its future. This could help make cancer treatment more personal.

28 May 2018

• Health & Medicine
• Policy & Insight

Patient data saves lives. Here’s how we use and protect it

Data is vital to the work that we do. Here’s how one of the teams in Cancer Research UK uses it, and how it helps save lives. Data is vital to the work that we do. Here’s how one of the teams in Cancer Research UK uses it, and how it helps save lives.

25 May 2018

• Health & Medicine

Could Mother Nature’s clinical trial help prevent more cancers?

By studying small differences in our DNA, called SNPs, our scientists are showing how these could be used to help prevent cancer in the future. By studying small differences in our DNA, called SNPs, our scientists are showing how these could be used to help prevent cancer in the future.

17 May 2018

• Science & Technology

Piecing together kidney cancer evolution

Our scientists have tracked the evolution of kidney cancers. Find out how this could help patients in the future. Our scientists have tracked the evolution of kidney cancers. Find out how this could help patients in the future.

12 April 2018

• Health & Medicine

New calculations confirm lifestyle changes could prevent 4 in 10 cancer cases

Our new research shows that more than 135,000 cases of cancer could be prevented in the UK each year largely through lifestyle changes. Our new research shows that more than 135,000 cases of cancer could be prevented in the UK each year largely through lifestyle changes.

23 March 2018

• Science & Technology

British Science Week 2018: how our pioneers are exploring cancer

This British Science Week we'll be catching up with some of our pioneering scientists that are tackling cancer differently. This British Science Week we'll be catching up with some of our pioneering scientists that are tackling cancer differently.

9 March 2018

• Science & Technology
• Personal Stories

International Women's Day: Reflections from three women in science

We spoke to three of our female scientists about their careers and what they feel needs to change to better support women in science. We spoke to three of our female scientists about their careers and what they feel needs to change to better support women in science.

8 March 2018

• Health & Medicine

Why a one-off PSA test for prostate cancer is doing men more harm than good

Our new research shows that a one-off PSA test doesn't save lives from prostate cancer. Our new research shows that a one-off PSA test doesn't save lives from prostate cancer.

6 March 2018