• Health & Medicine

Cancer Research UK welcomes government action to introduce standard packs as Australia sees rapid decline in cigarette sales

Cancer Research UK today welcomed the Government’s commitment to make standard packs of tobacco and cigarettes law in the UK.   Cancer Research UK today welcomed the Government’s commitment to make standard packs of tobacco and cigarettes law in the UK.  

26 June 2014

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Aspirin could combat permanent hearing loss caused by cancer drug

Cancer Research UK has launched a new trial to see if high doses of aspirin might help avoid hearing loss in patients given the drug cisplatin. Cancer Research UK has launched a new trial to see if high doses of aspirin might help avoid hearing loss in patients given the drug cisplatin.

8 May 2014

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Our new strategy – “a big step towards putting us all out of jobs”

As we launch our new strategy, we catch up with chief scientist, Professor Nic Jones, and get his take on our plans for the future. As we launch our new strategy, we catch up with chief scientist, Professor Nic Jones, and get his take on our plans for the future.

29 April 2014

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• Health & Medicine

Stratified medicine and the lung cancer ‘Matrix’ trial – part of a cancer care revolution

We're launching an ambitious new clinical trial aiming to advance treatment for patients with lung cancer - so how will it work? We're launching an ambitious new clinical trial aiming to advance treatment for patients with lung cancer - so how will it work?

17 April 2014

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Revolutionary clinical trial aims to advance lung cancer treatment thanks to Cancer Research UK and Pharma partnership

Cancer Research UK is partnering with pharmaceutical companies to create a pioneering clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer  Cancer Research UK is partnering with pharmaceutical companies to create a pioneering clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer 

17 April 2014

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• Policy & Insight

Nobody deserves to die from lung cancer

Lung cancer is a devastating disease and the UK's biggest cancer killer, but people don't like to talk about it. Lung cancer is a devastating disease and the UK's biggest cancer killer, but people don't like to talk about it.

1 April 2014

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• Health & Medicine

Joining forces to fight lung cancer

What has the shape of a protein got to do with giving lung cancer patients the best treatments? A team of our researchers have the answer. What has the shape of a protein got to do with giving lung cancer patients the best treatments? A team of our researchers have the answer.

25 March 2014

Discovery to help predict who will benefit from lung cancer treatment

Scientists have revealed the structure of an abnormal protein which causes an aggressive type of lung cancer known as ALK lung cancer. Scientists have revealed the structure of an abnormal protein which causes an aggressive type of lung cancer known as ALK lung cancer.

24 March 2014

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Lung cancer rates climb by three quarters in women while halving in men

Lung cancer rates in women have risen by a staggering three quarters (73 per cent) over the last forty years according to Cancer Research UK figures. Lung cancer rates in women have risen by a staggering three quarters (73 per cent) over the last forty years according to Cancer Research UK figures.

19 March 2014

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Experimental breast cancer drug to be trialled in lung cancer patients

A clinical trial using an experimental drug originally designed to treat breast cancer launches for patients with advanced lung cancer  A clinical trial using an experimental drug originally designed to treat breast cancer launches for patients with advanced lung cancer 

11 March 2014

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• Policy & Insight

Expert opinion: Professor Charlie Swanton – plotting a route through cancer evolution

Professor Charlie Swanton wants to know how tumours evolve. Read about his latest research and the next steps in targeting tumour diversity. Professor Charlie Swanton wants to know how tumours evolve. Read about his latest research and the next steps in targeting tumour diversity.

28 February 2014

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Tripling tobacco taxes to prevent 200 million premature deaths

Tripling tobacco tax globally would cut smoking by a third and prevent 200M premature deaths this century from lung cancer and other diseases. Tripling tobacco tax globally would cut smoking by a third and prevent 200M premature deaths this century from lung cancer and other diseases.

1 January 2014