Cancer

Topic description and stories

We are are helping to end death and disease caused by cancer, saving more lives by detecting early and personalising treatments. The experiences of patients and their families shape every stage of research and of plans for the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, as we work together to change the story of cancer.

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Cancer isn’t fair – but care should be

04 February 2024

Listening to people's lived experiences is helping to improve the awareness and uptake of cancer care. On World Cancer Day, we take a look at some of the ways researchers are working with communities to ‘close the cancer care gap’.

A cancer cell containing the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are coloured green, and have entered the nucleus, which is the area in blue

“Trojan horse” treatment could beat brain tumours

13 Aug 2014

A smart technology which involves smuggling gold nanoparticles into brain cancer cells has proven highly effective in lab-based tests.

Gene increases risk of breast cancer to one in three by age seventy

06 Aug 2014

Breast cancer risks for one of potentially the most important genes associated with breast cancer after the BRCA1/2 genes are today reported in the...

Immune cells found near tumours boost breast cancer survival

10 Jun 2014

Women with breast cancer are 10 per cent more likely to survive for five years or more if they have certain immune cells near their tumour, according...

Multiple copies of the TRIM44 gene in an oesophageal cancer cell line

Oesophageal cancer gene identified

08 May 2014

A newly-discovered gene linked to oesophageal cancer holds the promise of new treatments for this notoriously difficult-to-fight disease.

Study finds prostate cancer tests underestimate disease in half of cases

11 Apr 2014

A study published in the British Journal of Cancer suggests that tests to grade and stage prostate cancer underestimated the severity of the disease...

Behind the scenes of cancer research

13 Mar 2014

Cancer will affect one in three of us at some point in our lives, so research into this disease is vital. Most cancer patients will see their doctor...