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Scientists can detect brain tumours using a simple urine or blood plasma test

23 Jul 2021

Researchers from the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute have developed two tests that can detect the presence of glioma, a type of brain tumour...

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Attack of the Crab Monsters (cropped)

Stopping tumour cells killing surrounding tissue may provide clue to fighting cancer

04 Feb 2016

Tumours kill off surrounding cells to make room to grow, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Although the study was carried...

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11C metomidate PET CT of small Conn's tumour

New research leaves tumours with nowhere to hide

24 Sep 2015

Hidden tumours that cause potentially fatal high blood pressure but lurk undetected in the body until pregnancy have been discovered by a Cambridge...

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Professor Richard Gilbertson

Childhood brain tumour expert to lead Cambridge Cancer Centre

26 Mar 2015

One of the world’s leading childhood brain tumour experts, Professor Richard Gilbertson, has been appointed as Li Ka Shing Chair of Oncology in...

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An abdominal tumour (outlined in white) 'feeding on' carbon-13-labelled glucose (orange) provides a means of testing when cancer drugs are effective enough to affect the health of the tumour

Watching the death throes of tumours

25 Feb 2015

A clinical trial due to begin later this year will see scientists observing close up, in real time – and in patients – how tumours respond to new...

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Micrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer)

Scientists finally discover which prostate cancers are life-threatening

19 Nov 2013

Scientists have discovered that the presence of a specific protein can distinguish between prostate cancers that are aggressive and need further...

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Scientists discover a curable cause for some cases of high blood pressure

04 Aug 2013

Five per cent of high blood pressure cases are caused by small nodules on hormone gland; now scientists have developed a scan which enables rapid...

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Scientists discover a molecular ‘switch’ in cancers of the testis and ovary

01 Aug 2013

Research could lead to new drugs to turn ‘switch’ off.

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A small colony of cells derived from a single blood stem cell.  Hundreds of such colonies were assessed for their proliferation kinetics and blood cell types produced.

Unraveling tumour growth one stem cell at a time

04 Jun 2013

Study has relevance to all cancers that are suspected to have a stem cell origin

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Scientists develop simple blood test to track tumour evolution in cancer patients

02 May 2013

Research sheds light on how tumours develop drug resistance

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Darran Leal, Save the Tasmanian Devil Program

Hope for threatened Tasmanian devils

11 Mar 2013

Research paves way for the development of a vaccine for the contagious cancer which is driving Tasmanian devils to the brink of extinction.

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