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May 24, 2013

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3:31 PM | News digest – inherited cancer genes, beta-blockers, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and more

Here’s a round-up of this week’s cancer news: A new research programme announced this week will lay the foundations for routine testing for inherited cancer genes in patients with the disease. Read more in our news story and on the … Continue reading →

May 20, 2013

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7:00 AM | Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day

We’ve written many times about clinical trials on this blog. Trials tell us which treatments work, and their results boost the progress we’re making in helping to improve cancer survival. We’re writing about them again now because today is International … Continue reading →

May 18, 2013

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8:00 AM | News digest – Angelina Jolie, clinical trial transparency, testicular cancer and more

Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, after she learnt she carried the BRCA1 gene, resulted in blanket coverage across the media this week. You can read about her reasons for undergoing … Continue reading →

May 16, 2013

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12:18 PM | Building an artificial tumour in the lab

In 2000, a team of archaeologists in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes uncovered the mummified remains of a young woman called Tabaketenmut. The big toe of her right foot was missing. In its place was a wood and leather … Continue reading →

May 15, 2013

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4:49 PM | “I remember the appointment so vividly” – carrying the BRCA1 gene

Seeing Angelina Jolie talking in the media so prominently this week does have a huge impact on people like me. I think her announcement will make it easier for me to talk about my experiences, and I feel that I don’t … Continue reading →

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12:37 PM | “There are immediate wins” – protecting science spending in austere times

These are difficult times for the economy. Next month, the Government is set to announce the results of its recent Spending Review, looking at how much it is going to spend on each area of the UK’s economy. Yesterday, at … Continue reading →

May 14, 2013

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3:36 PM | Angelina Jolie, inherited breast cancer and the BRCA1 gene

The news today is full of reaction to US actress Angelina Jolie’s decision to have surgery to reduce her chances of breast cancer. She made this difficult decision because, having lost her mother to ovarian cancer, she discovered she carries … Continue reading →

May 13, 2013

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9:48 AM | Funding the very best science – how does it work?

Our research is funded by the public – around 80p in every pound donated to us is spent on this vital work – so we have a responsibility to make sure our supporters’ cash gets spent on the very best science … Continue reading →

May 11, 2013

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8:00 AM | News digest – tobacco disappointment, genetic ‘fine tuners’, vaccine cost drop, and more

Wednesday was a sad day for public health. The worrying rumours we’d heard last week – that the government had scrapped plans to introduce plain, standardised tobacco packaging in the Queen’s speech – turned out to be true. This BBC … Continue reading →

May 09, 2013

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8:30 AM | A sad day for public health – standard packs and the path ahead

The 2010 film The King’s Speech was a national triumph. So at Cancer Research UK we’re dismayed to have to report that we’re not exactly rolling out the red carpet for yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. In fact, quite the opposite. The Queen’s … Continue reading →

May 08, 2013

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1:34 PM | A Queen’s Speech to speed up progress against cancer?

This morning the Queen opened the third session of the 2010-15 Parliament with a speech in the House of Lords. Her speech was written by the Government, and outlined its legislative agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session (which will last … Continue reading →

May 04, 2013

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8:00 AM | News digest – breast cancer rates, worrying tobacco rumours, genetic maps and more

Breast cancer in women under 50 has reached 10,000 a year for the first time, according to figures we released this week. But the good news is that more women in this age group are surviving their disease. Here’s our … Continue reading →

May 02, 2013

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4:47 PM | Government must put children’s health before tobacco’s profits

Next Wednesday, in a ceremony full of tradition and colour, the Queen marks the formal start of the parliamentary year. This will include a speech that sets out the government’s agenda for the coming session, outlining proposed policies and legislation. … Continue reading →

May 01, 2013

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4:57 PM | Detecting cancer early – the second NAEDI Conference

Diagnosing a cancer early is one of the factors that can make the biggest difference in its successful treatment. Launched in 2008, the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI) is a partnership between Cancer Research UK and the Department … Continue reading →

April 30, 2013

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11:10 AM | New tricks for old drugs – blocking oestrogen to prevent breast cancer

Tamoxifen is one of the mainstays of breast cancer treatment. Since the early 1980s, it’s been given to women who’ve had breast cancer to try to stop the disease returning. As a result, it’s saved the lives of millions around … Continue reading →

Cuzick J., Sestak I., Bonanni B., Costantino J.P., Cummings S., DeCensi A., Dowsett M., Forbes J.F., Ford L. & LaCroix A.Z. & (2013). Selective oestrogen receptor modulators in prevention of breast cancer: an updated meta-analysis of individual participant data, The Lancet, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60140-3

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April 27, 2013

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8:00 AM | News digest – radioactive bacteria, plain tobacco packs, gene patenting and more

For those who don’t know why we want the Government to legislate for plain standardised tobacco packaging, read this excellent Lancet Oncology article. We want to give children one less reason to start smoking but interestingly, our research this week … Continue reading →

April 25, 2013

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2:01 PM | Clinical trials and Parliamentary tribulations

Clinical trials are vital – they’re how we know which treatments work, how best to use them, and what the side effects are. So running trials as quickly and effectively, and sharing their results, is essential if we’re to continue … Continue reading →

April 24, 2013

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3:05 PM | The challenge of spotting cancers in children

One Sunday evening in 2008, after giving her one-year-old daughter a bath, Ruth Hillman noticed Georgia’s tummy felt firmer than usual. Alarm bells began to ring. By Wednesday, after seeing several different doctors, Ruth and her husband Ben were told … Continue reading →

April 23, 2013

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5:15 PM | Innovative drug development fund backs first major project

Last year we were extremely excited to launch an innovative fund to bring new cancer drugs to patients. Today we’re pleased to reveal that the fund has given the green light to its first project, aimed at accelerating the development … Continue reading →

April 20, 2013

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8:00 AM | News digest – misleading tobacco ads, new type of bowel cancer, platy fish and more

Lots of tobacco news this week. On Monday we learnt that smokefree legislation has been linked to a drop in emergency hospital admissions from asthma. Here’s our news story. In parliament on Tuesday, the government confirmed that it’s taking a … Continue reading →

April 18, 2013

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12:05 PM | Video: Dr Antony Michalski on treating children with cancer

No parent expects to outlive their child – yet, tragically, some do. And although it’s relatively rare, cancer is still single biggest killer of children. A few weeks ago, Dr Antony Michalski, a Cancer Research UK-supported doctor from London’s Great … Continue reading →

April 17, 2013

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2:07 PM | Misleading ads and public distrust – wising up to the tobacco industry

As we revealed last week, almost two thirds (65 per cent) of the public don’t trust the tobacco industry to make believable and independent arguments about how to reduce smoking rates. This is particularly relevant at the moment. The public … Continue reading →

April 15, 2013

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11:20 AM | Dan Jarvis MP: Why I’m running the Marathon for Cancer Research UK

Dan Jarvis is the Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central and a Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport. Here he shares his story about why he’s running a Marathon for Cancer Research UK. Three years ago, after a long … Continue reading →

April 14, 2013

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5:01 PM | New type of bowel cancer discovered – but what does it mean?

Thanks to advances in research over the years, we know more about cancer than ever before, with new discoveries being made all the time. In some cases this knowledge has led to life-saving new treatments. In others, it causes frustration … Continue reading →

De Sousa E Melo F., Wang X., Jansen M., Fessler E., Trinh A., de Rooij L.P.M.H., de Jong J.H., de Boer O.J., van Leersum R. & Bijlsma M.F. & (2013). Poor-prognosis colon cancer is defined by a molecularly distinct subtype and develops from serrated precursor lesions, Nature Medicine, DOI: 10.1038/nm.3174

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April 13, 2013

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8:00 AM | News digest – tracking tumour evolution, leukaemia in twins, cancer screening and more

Our top story of the week comes from Cancer Research UK’s own labs. Our scientists have developed a new way of looking at how tumours evolve in real-time by tracking DNA changes in the patients’ blood. Our press release and … Continue reading →

April 11, 2013

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4:18 PM | Report from the annual AACR meeting – day 4

This is our fourth and final instalment from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in Washington D.C. A recurring challenge in cancer research is that patients can quickly develop resistance to treatments that the underlying science predicts should … Continue reading →

April 10, 2013

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4:21 PM | Report from the annual AACR meeting – day 3

Here’s our third report from the annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in Washington D.C. Today’s hot topic at the conference was the idea that not all cells in the tumour are the same – so-called ‘intratumour heterogeneity’ … Continue reading →

April 09, 2013

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12:46 PM | Report from the annual AACR meeting – day 2

Following on from yesterday’s post, here’s our second report from the annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in Washington D.C. The theme of this year’s AACR meeting is “personalising cancer care through discovery science” – a concept that’s … Continue reading →

April 08, 2013

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3:11 PM | Report from the annual AACR meeting – day 1

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting is by far the largest conference in the world dedicated to cancer research. Raj Mehta, from our technology transfer arm Cancer Research Technology, is at the conference and will be giving us a … Continue reading →

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11:43 AM | Watching cancers evolve using ‘liquid biopsies’

Sometimes it feels like cancer research is progressing at a dizzying speed. Just last year, we reported how Cancer Research UK scientists had reconstructed the evolution of a patient’s kidney tumour during treatment – one of many studies over the … Continue reading →

Murtaza M., Dawson S.J., Tsui D.W.Y., Gale D., Forshew T., Piskorz A.M., Parkinson C., Chin S.F., Kingsbury Z. & Wong A.S.C. & (2013). Non-invasive analysis of acquired resistance to cancer therapy by sequencing of plasma DNA, Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature12065

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