Researchers have examined thousands of genetically defined traits to identify possible causal relationships for eight common ...

A new study has answered the long-standing question of why improvements in survival outcomes for young people with cancerous ...

New research identifies specific genetic changes that can increase someone's risk of breast and ovarian cancers, to help ...

One was overall innovation award winner Dr Freddie Whiting, who is developing a set of drug resistance assays called Evolutionary-Informed Resistance Assays (EIRAs). He’s a postdoctoral research ...

Over half of people diagnosed with advanced melanoma are now surviving the disease for ten years or more when they receive a ...

Scientists have discovered that a protein linked to prostate cancer is associated with more aggressive disease – it could be a new target for treatment and used to help predict who will become ...

A study has found that people with Li-Fraumeni syndrome would benefit from yearly whole-body MRI scans to screen for cancers ...

Image: The Breast Cancer Now Generations Study team at The Institute of Cancer Research, London. Scientists are developing ...

Postdoctoral researchers – also known as postdocs – are essential to scientific research. After completing their doctoral ...

Help us reach the finishing line. Join us in the 'Marathon of Hope'. After another successful Terry Fox Run in London last year, we’re so excited to run together again in 2024. Help to continue ...

Terry Fox is a Canadian hero. He lost his leg to osteogenic sarcoma, a rare bone cancer, but in 1980 began a ‘Marathon of Hope’ – running 3,339 miles over 143 days to raise awareness and money for ...

One in two of us will develop some form of cancer within our lifetime. Cancer patients are living longer and better than ever before. Thanks to advances in available treatments, your chances of ...