The Centre for Children and Young People's Cancer (CCC) serves as the focal point of basic, translational and clinical ...

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, strongly welcomes the decision by NICE to recommend that the targeted drug olaparib can be used for locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The ...

Seven images were shortlisted for this year’s annual Science and Medical Image competition, showcasing the eye-catching science being carried out at the ICR. Three winners were selected by a judging ...

Two decades ago, a pivotal exchange between two scientists sparked a scientific and medical revolution. Professor Alan Ashworth, then Director of the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at ...

Sally Steadman-South, a mother of two from Sheffield, was diagnosed with melanoma in 2014 at the age of 34, after visiting the GP about a small mole on her chest. “By the time I’d had the operation to ...

Each year approximately 2000 children are diagnosed with cancer in England and they receive a range of treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and stem cell/bone ...

Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have uncovered a hidden weakness in some breast cancer tumours that could lead to smarter treatment decisions. One of the body’s natural ...

Elen Hughes was first diagnosed with primary invasive lobular breast cancer in 2008 at the age of 37. Eight years later, her cancer returned and spread, and she has been on a rollercoaster journey ...

A new AI test can pick out which men with high-risk prostate cancer that has not spread will require life-extending drug abiraterone. Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and ...

Radiotheranostics is an exciting new field that has the potential to transform how cancers are detected and treated. Robbie Lockyer finds out more. Radiotheranostics, a groundbreaking approach that ...

Scientists have worked out how a protective element of our DNA helps prevent an abnormal genetic event that can lead to cells becoming cancerous. They have shown exactly how telomeres – the protective ...

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for cancers affecting the blood, bone marrow or lymphatic system. Despite being a common cancer that can affect people of any age, it is often not very well understood ...