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As we enter 2026, scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, share the developments expected this year that could soon change how cancer is treated – from technologies designed to deliver ...

Scientists have discovered a key protein that could be targeted with a drug to treat the most common and aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. The findings, published in Nature, show that blocking the ...

A pioneering clinical trial has demonstrated for the first time that two existing treatments can be combined to potentially improve outcomes for sarcoma and melanoma patients with advanced tumours in ...

Image: a woman walks her dog. Regular leisure time physical activity may reduce the risk of breast cancer for women before menopause, according to new research funded by Breast Cancer Now. The ...

Every day in the UK, about 1,000 people find out that they have cancer. Most of these people will end up sharing the news with family, friends and colleagues, from whom they will usually receive ...

One year of treatment with the targeted drug olaparib improves long-term survival in women with high-risk, early-stage breast cancer with mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, new results from a major ...

Experts at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have responded to the draft recommendation from the National Screening Committee (NSC) to implement a targeted prostate cancer screening programme ...

A blood test can predict how well patients with advanced breast cancer will respond to targeted therapies – before treatment begins, according to new research. A team from The Institute of Cancer ...

These days, in the era of personalised medicine, whenever researchers discover a new cancer drug they are expected to show exactly how it works and to prove that it is exerting its therapeutic effect ...

A spit test, where a sample can be collected at home, is more accurate at identifying future risk of prostate cancer for some men than the current standard PSA blood test, a new study reports. Results ...

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 ...