Cancer Research UK-funded research

• Science & Technology

Our researchers light up prostate cancer cells to help surgeons cut them out

A fluorescent dye that sticks to cancer cells could make prostate cancer surgery more effective while reducing side effects. A fluorescent dye that sticks to cancer cells could make prostate cancer surgery more effective while reducing side effects.

11 June 2024

• Science & Technology

New scan technique gives children the right medulloblastoma diagnosis in minutes, not weeks

A study we helped fund means children can get the right medulloblastoma treatments faster and puts an end to the long waits for answers. A study we helped fund means children can get the right medulloblastoma treatments faster and puts an end to the long waits for answers.

10 June 2024

• Science & Technology

At-home saliva test could help diagnose prostate cancer sooner

A spit test that predicts people's genetic risk of prostate cancer could help find more cases earlier, according to the BARCODE 1 trial. A spit test that predicts people's genetic risk of prostate cancer could help find more cases earlier, according to the BARCODE 1 trial.

1 June 2024

• Health & Medicine
• Charity News

Sarah Harding's legacy: finding women who may have higher breast cancer risks

One year in, the research project launched in memory of Sarah Harding is identifying younger women who may have a higher breast cancer risk. One year in, the research project launched in memory of Sarah Harding is identifying younger women who may have a higher breast cancer risk.

30 May 2024

• Health & Medicine

HPV vaccine slashes cervical cancer rates across society

The HPV vaccine is preventing the highest number of cervical cancer cases in the most deprived groups in England. The HPV vaccine is preventing the highest number of cervical cancer cases in the most deprived groups in England.

16 May 2024

• Science & Technology

Proteins in blood could give cancer warning seven years earlier

Proteins in people's blood could be used to find and even one day prevent cancers, according to the team behind two of our latest studies. Proteins in people's blood could be used to find and even one day prevent cancers, according to the team behind two of our latest studies.

15 May 2024

• For Researchers

CAFs and cross-talk – a recipe to close the gap on pancreatic cancer?

A determined junior group leader thinks the key to tackling pancreatic cancer lay in the complexity of cancer associated fibroblasts… A determined junior group leader thinks the key to tackling pancreatic cancer lay in the complexity of cancer associated fibroblasts…

8 May 2024

• Science & Technology

Video: A first look inside the new home of Cancer Research UK's new Manchester Institute

Take a video tour of the exciting new Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, which has been rebuilt after sadly being destroyed in a fire in 2017 Take a video tour of the exciting new Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, which has been rebuilt after sadly being destroyed in a fire in 2017

3 May 2024

• Charity News

His Majesty King Charles III announced as new patron of Cancer Research UK

Today it has been announced that His Majesty King Charles III will become the Patron of Cancer Research UK. Today it has been announced that His Majesty King Charles III will become the Patron of Cancer Research UK.

30 April 2024

• Science & Technology

Following CUPiD’s arrow: A new blood test to find cancer of unknown primary

Researchers in Manchester have developed CUPiD, a blood test that could transform the diagnostic journey of someone with cancer of unknown primary. Researchers in Manchester have developed CUPiD, a blood test that could transform the diagnostic journey of someone with cancer of unknown primary.

23 April 2024

• Charity News

£58.7 million to train the next generation of clinician scientists

Cancer Research UK announces universities across Scotland and England will receive a multimillion-pound cash injection to train more doctors as clinician scientists. Cancer Research UK announces universities across Scotland and England will receive a multimillion-pound cash injection to train more doctors as clinician scientists.

5 April 2024

• For Researchers

Stethoscopes and test tubes – getting the best of both worlds

Clinician scientists are vital in bridging the gap between discovery research and the patient. So how do we continue to attract medics to research? Clinician scientists are vital in bridging the gap between discovery research and the patient. So how do we continue to attract medics to research?

5 April 2024