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We turn our focus towards rare cancers and how the difficulty in tackling these diseases can be addressed through globe-spanning research collaboration. We turn our focus towards rare cancers and how the difficulty in tackling these diseases can be addressed through globe-spanning research collaboration.

by Kat Arney | Analysis | 8 August 2013

8 August 2013

  • Health & Medicine

The story of temozolomide

From its early development in the 1970's to its use as an important treatment for adult brain tumours, we explore the history of the cancer drug temozolomide. From its early development in the 1970's to its use as an important treatment for adult brain tumours, we explore the history of the cancer drug temozolomide.

by Kat Arney | Analysis | 18 July 2013

18 July 2013

This entry is part 13 of 30 in the series Our milestones

Taking tamoxifen for 10 rather than five years halves the risk of women dying from the most common kind of breast cancer. Taking tamoxifen for 10 rather than five years halves the risk of women dying from the most common kind of breast cancer.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 2 June 2013

2 June 2013

DNA fingerprint
  • Science & Technology
  • Health & Medicine

Watching cancers evolve using ‘liquid biopsies’

Tumours release DNA into the bloodstream, and scientists have been investigating whether this could offer clues about a cancer - take a look at what they found. Tumours release DNA into the bloodstream, and scientists have been investigating whether this could offer clues about a cancer - take a look at what they found.

by Henry Scowcroft | Analysis | 8 April 2013

8 April 2013

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Cancer Research UK and its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) are launching a trial of an experimental drug shown to simultaneously block many enzymes that control cancer cell growth and death. Cancer Research UK and its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) are launching a trial of an experimental drug shown to simultaneously block many enzymes that control cancer cell growth and death.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 17 January 2013

17 January 2013

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During childhood cancer awareness month we focus on how clinical trials are a vital part of helping children beat cancer. During childhood cancer awareness month we focus on how clinical trials are a vital part of helping children beat cancer.

by Simon Shears | Analysis | 18 December 2012

18 December 2012

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Ten years of tamoxifen treatment can approximately halve the number of deaths from the most common form of breast cancer during the second decade after diagnosis, according to the results of the Cancer Research UK- funded ATLAS trial published in the Lancet today. Ten years of tamoxifen treatment can approximately halve the number of deaths from the most common form of breast cancer during the second decade after diagnosis, according to the results of the Cancer Research UK- funded ATLAS trial published in the Lancet today.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 5 December 2012

5 December 2012