Cancer spread (metastasis)

Our researchers have discovered a way to halt breast cancer spread in mice, by blocking a molecule called asparagine. But what does this mean for patients?

Scientists have discovered that an amino acid called asparagine is essential for breast cancer spread.

We spoke to Professor Margaret Frame, from the Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, about her OBE for her contribution to cancer research.

Find out the burning questions some of our researchers want to answer as they set up their own research teams for the first time.

Researchers believe that focused high doses of radiotherapy could one day replace surgery for small cancers in certain organs.

Giving a single dose of radiotherapy to patients with cancer that has spread relieves spinal cord compression.

The first findings from the Cancer Research UK-funded TRACERx* lung cancer study show how tracking tumour evolution can help predict relapse.

A new early stage study sheds some light on how a molecule helps ‘young’ skin cells move, which could tell us more about skin cancer.

Why is the shape of a cancer cell so important for predicting how the disease will behave? Our scientists may have an answer.

There’s more to stopping cancer from spreading than simply cutting out chocolate, despite what the headlines say.