• Health & Medicine

Another one of those ‘simple blood tests’ you’re always reading about

Headlines today are heralding a new “simple blood test”, claiming it can predict if a woman will develop breast cancer - but it's too good to be true. Headlines today are heralding a new “simple blood test”, claiming it can predict if a woman will develop breast cancer - but it's too good to be true.

17 April 2015

• Science & Technology

TRAIL and error – flipping cancer’s self-destruct switch

We explore new research showing how particular genetic faults inside cancer cells can subvert a self-destruct switch and instead encourage cancer to spread. We explore new research showing how particular genetic faults inside cancer cells can subvert a self-destruct switch and instead encourage cancer to spread.

16 April 2015

• Science & Technology

From snapshot to family tree – writing the evolutionary rule book of cancer

Our scientists are piecing together cancer's family tree, uncovering clues that could help develop better treatments in the future. Our scientists are piecing together cancer's family tree, uncovering clues that could help develop better treatments in the future.

15 April 2015

• Science & Technology

Scientists decipher key steps in cancer development to improve treatment

Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered the timing of key genetic mistakes that fuel tumour growth. Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered the timing of key genetic mistakes that fuel tumour growth.

15 April 2015

Cancer Research Technology and Medivir collaborate to develop new class of cancer drugs

Cancer Research Technology and Medivir have jointly announced a partnership to develop a new class of drugs. Cancer Research Technology and Medivir have jointly announced a partnership to develop a new class of drugs.

14 April 2015

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£5m stratified medicine programme launched to personalise care for bowel cancer patients

Cancer Research UK and the Medical Research Council jointly launched a Stratified Medicine Consortium to help personalise bowel cancer treatment Cancer Research UK and the Medical Research Council jointly launched a Stratified Medicine Consortium to help personalise bowel cancer treatment

14 April 2015

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Melanoma’s ‘safe haven’ targeted for shut-down

Melanoma cells become drug resistant by using surrounding healthy cells to provide a ‘safe haven’ from treatment reveals new research published in Cancer Cell. Melanoma cells become drug resistant by using surrounding healthy cells to provide a ‘safe haven’ from treatment reveals new research published in Cancer Cell.

13 April 2015

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Pensioners seven times more likely to get deadly skin cancer than 40 years ago

People over 65 are around seven times more likely to develop malignant melanoma compared to 40 years ago. People over 65 are around seven times more likely to develop malignant melanoma compared to 40 years ago.

6 April 2015

Older people at higher risk of emergency cancer diagnosis

People over 60 are at higher risk of being diagnosed with lung or bowel cancer as an emergency in hospital than younger people, according to a report. People over 60 are at higher risk of being diagnosed with lung or bowel cancer as an emergency in hospital than younger people, according to a report.

2 April 2015

Body’s cancer defences hijacked to make pancreatic and lung cancers more aggressive

Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a vital self-destruct switch in cells is hijacked. Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a vital self-destruct switch in cells is hijacked.

2 April 2015

• Science & Technology

Migration, settlement, and more migration: how prostate cancers spread

We explore new research tracing the origins of prostate cancer and how the disease spreads around the body. We explore new research tracing the origins of prostate cancer and how the disease spreads around the body.

1 April 2015