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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.

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’.

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Prostate cancer cells

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...

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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...

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Visualising treatment response: lymphomas responding to treatment, imaged using hyperpolarised carbon (red signal indicates greater response)

The University and Medimmune announce oncology research collaboration

12 Mar 2014

A University of Cambridge cancer research laboratory which uses imaging technologies to measure key biologic changes within growing tumours has...

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Throat ulcer

Patients with mouth and oesophageal cancers take longer to seek help from GP

11 Feb 2014

New research shows that lack of awareness of the symptoms of mouth and oesophageal cancer means people wait much longer before visiting their GPs...

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Non svegliare il can che dorme

11,000-year-old living dog cancer reveals its secrets

23 Jan 2014

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the world’s oldest continuously surviving cancer, a transmissible genital cancer that affects dogs.

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Left: pancreatic cancer cells (in green) Right: after six days of combined tumour immunotherapy, the cancerous cells had been killed.

Breaking down cancer’s defence mechanisms

20 Dec 2013

Researchers have identified how the ‘wall’ around cancer tumours functions and how to break it down, enabling the body’s own defences to reach and...

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Micrograph of a plasmacytoma, a hematological malignancy

Researchers discover new test for chronic blood cancers

10 Dec 2013

A new test for blood cancers will catch many more cases than the present test that identifies only 60 per cent.

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Cancer imaging centres get £35 million boost

29 Oct 2013

Cancer imaging is set to get a major boost from a £35 million nationwide initiative to develop cutting edge imaging technologies for basic and...

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Simple IMRT

Research to change how breast cancer treated

20 Sep 2013

Study shows better overall cosmetic results for women treated using intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).

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Lung cancer cells

Astex Pharmaceuticals acquired by Otsuka

11 Sep 2013

University of Cambridge portfolio company Astex Pharmaceuticals is to be acquired by a Japanese company in order to accelerate the development of new...

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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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