Patient care

Cancer Research UK, in partnership with tech company Stitch, are going live with an app for patients to use whilst participating in a clinical trial.  

LGBTQ+ communities experience inequalities throughout their cancer journey, including in screening and diagnosis, clinical care, communication and overall experience. Find out about the barriers the community faces and the commitments required to improve cancer care for LGBTQ+ people.

Waiting to hear if you have cancer, or if your cancer has come back, can be an extremely stressful time – especially if the results take weeks to come back.

Older patients with advanced oesophageal and stomach cancers might benefit from low dose treatment, according to our unpublished clinical trial results.

We look at why researchers are working towards brain tumour treatments that are not only more effective, but also kinder.

We speak to Amanda Watson, research nurse on the National Lung Matrix Trial, about what her job involves.

We’ve partnered with the Cancer Moonshot initiative, set up by US President Barack Obama in 2016 to accelerate progress against cancer.

We take a detailed look at the findings of the recent Cancer Patient Experience Surveys, which ran in England and Scotland.

We take a critical look at the issues facing end of life care in the UK and what’s being done to resolve them.

Rowena Kincaid gives Cancer Research UK an exclusive look into what she learned while making her documentary, Before I Kick the Bucket, for BBC Wales.