• Health & Medicine

New cancer drug to enter clinical trials

Cancer Research UK scientists in Manchester, together with colleagues in Dublin, have developed a new drug designed to overcome drug-resistant cancer cells. Cancer Research UK scientists in Manchester, together with colleagues in Dublin, have developed a new drug designed to overcome drug-resistant cancer cells.

14 November 2002

• Health & Medicine

Newcastle scientist tells Minister of new cancer hope

Understanding how prostate cancers become resistant to treatment should bring about a new breed of potent anti-cancer drugs, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist will tell Health Secretary Alan Milburn, MPs and fellow researchers. Understanding how prostate cancers become resistant to treatment should bring about a new breed of potent anti-cancer drugs, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist will tell Health Secretary Alan Milburn, MPs and fellow researchers.

6 November 2002

• Health & Medicine

Stem cell step forward in cancer treatment

Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a new technique for transplanting stem cells into patients which could improve treatments for advanced leukaemia and lymphoma. Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a new technique for transplanting stem cells into patients which could improve treatments for advanced leukaemia and lymphoma.

28 October 2002

• Health & Medicine

Nottingham scientist builds Phortress against breast cancer

A new type of anti-cancer drug with a unique mechanism that selectively targets breast cancer cells will enter clinical trials in the New Year, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist announced. A new type of anti-cancer drug with a unique mechanism that selectively targets breast cancer cells will enter clinical trials in the New Year, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist announced.

28 October 2002

• Science & Technology

Discovering how ovarian cancer spreads

Chemical messengers, which traditionally fight infection and help to heal the body, can turn traitor and cause ovarian cancer to spread, says a study1 published today. Chemical messengers, which traditionally fight infection and help to heal the body, can turn traitor and cause ovarian cancer to spread, says a study1 published today.

14 October 2002

• Science & Technology

Cancer molecule is key to bowel cancer spread

Cancer Research UK scientists have uncovered a key function of the first ever molecule to be implicated in the development of cancer. Cancer Research UK scientists have uncovered a key function of the first ever molecule to be implicated in the development of cancer.

4 August 2002

• Health & Medicine

New drug boost for lung cancer sufferers

Clinical trials of a new anticancer drug combination carried out by Cancer Research UK scientists at Newcastle University show that it has the potential to almost double the life expectancy of sufferers of mesothelioma - a form of lung cancer which affects around 1,700 people in the UK every year - according to a report published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology1. Clinical trials of a new anticancer drug combination carried out by Cancer Research UK scientists at Newcastle University show that it has the potential to almost double the life expectancy of sufferers of mesothelioma - a form of lung cancer which affects around 1,700 people in the UK every year - according to a report published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology1.

2 August 2002

• Health & Medicine

Record number of patients enrol in clinical trials

The number of cancer patients taking part in clinical trials has leapt by over 70 per cent in the last two years, according to new figures to be announced by Cancer Research UK's Professor Peter Selby at a conference1. The number of cancer patients taking part in clinical trials has leapt by over 70 per cent in the last two years, according to new figures to be announced by Cancer Research UK's Professor Peter Selby at a conference1.

5 July 2002

• Science & Technology

Control hope for cancer gene carriers

People with inherited cancer genes may have more control over their risk of developing the disease than previously thought. People with inherited cancer genes may have more control over their risk of developing the disease than previously thought.

18 June 2002