Surgery

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a new magnetic device we could use to make more chemotherapy drugs effective against brain tumours.

Dinny and Loren had different types of cancer, and in both cases the disease took away their voices. Until, of course, they found a way to break the silence.

We spoke to three people about their experience of breast surgery and some of the difficult decisions they made along the way.

A new and less invasive treatment developed by Cancer Research UK researchers is safer than standard major surgery for early-stage rectal cancer.

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

New research has shown that an intelligent knife can distinguish between ovarian cancer and normal tissue. Could it help make ovarian cancer surgery smarter?

Brain tumour research is one of our top priorities. Here, Sue shares her experience of living with an incurable brain tumour.

Pancreatic cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy before surgery may live longer than those who have immediate surgery.

The targeted drug sunitinib is as effective alone as when it’s combined with surgery for some people with advanced kidney cancer.

A world-first data report could help us understand whether cancer patients are getting the most appropriate treatments for them.