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April 04, 2013

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5:00 PM | Expert Opinion – The challenges of lung cancer

One of our leading experts in lung cancer, Professor Dean Fennell, shares his thoughts on this devastating disease. Lung cancer is an enormous health burden both in the UK and globally. It’s incredibly common and kills roughly 35,000 people every … Continue reading →

March 23, 2013

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9:00 AM | News digest – Budget, bowel screening, Bluetooth, kids smoking and more

The big news this week was the Budget – Chancellor George Osborne set out the government’s spending priorities for the forthcoming year. Here’s our reaction, plus a nice post from the Institute of Cancer Research looking at the implications for science … Continue reading →

February 19, 2013

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10:29 AM | Tracing the roots of breast cancer

Our bodies are made of hundreds of different types of cells. And when processes inside them go wrong, and allow them to keep dividing uncontrollably, cancers form. But individual cells are very small – by the time tumours (which are … Continue reading →

Shehata M., Teschendorff A., Sharp G., Novcic N., Russell I.A., Avril S., Prater M., Eirew P., Caldas C. & Watson C.J. & (2012). Phenotypic and functional characterisation of the luminal cell hierarchy of the mammary gland, Breast Cancer Research, 14 (5) R134. DOI: 10.1186/bcr3334

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December 16, 2012

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9:00 AM | News digest – £100 million genome project, lifestyle and cancer, ‘missing link’ in cell division, and more

There was widespread media coverage of Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to our Cambridge Research Institute on Monday. The visit tied in with the announcement of a £100 million pound project to sequence the genomes of as many as 100,000 … Continue reading →

October 27, 2012

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8:00 AM | News digest – glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer clues, citizen science, plasma beams and more…

It’s been a busy week in the world of cancer research, so let’s get on with our roundup of the top stories. As the saying goes, many hands make light work, so we launched the first ever interactive website to allow … Continue reading →

October 20, 2012

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8:00 AM | News digest – multivitamins, lung cancer treatment, drop in tobacco smuggling, and more

As this blog post ‘goes to press’, we’re rushing around the office preparing for the TV event of the year – Stand Up To Cancer. By the time you read this, Channel 4’s inaugural show on Friday evening will have … Continue reading →

October 15, 2012

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4:00 PM | High Impact science: tamoxifen, the start of something big

Bringing a new drug to patients is a long and winding road. But the journey doesn’t stop once a drug is approved for use – researchers continue to study and refine how best to give it to patients. The latest … Continue reading →

(1988). Effects of Adjuvant Tamoxifen and of Cytotoxic Therapy on Mortality in Early Breast Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine, 319 (26) 1692. DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198812293192601

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August 25, 2012

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8:00 AM | News digest – ‘Stand Up To Cancer’ launch, traffic light labelling, green tea and more…

We were proud to announce the launch of Stand Up To Cancer in the UK this week. In October, we’re helping to bring a night of music and entertainment to Channel 4 in a new national fundraising event that we hope … Continue reading →

August 18, 2012

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8:30 AM | News digest: a prostate cancer ‘sea change’, smoking stats, E. coli and more

Here’s our weekly round-up – it’s been a particularly good-news week in the area of prostate cancer research and care, but there were a number of other high profile stories too: We were delighted to hear that abiraterone is now … Continue reading →

August 11, 2012

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8:00 AM | News digest – chemotherapy resistance, iron and bowel cancer, teen smokers and more

The media spotlight has been firmly fixed on the Olympics and celebrating the most successful GB medal haul for over a hundred years. But in among all the sporting excitement there have been some important gems of science and some … Continue reading →