Press Archive
 | 2010 Press ArchiveProfessor Richard Houlston and his team locate 10 genetic variants that are associated with an increased risk of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. |
 | 2009 Press Archive2009 marked the centenary year for the ICR, which began life as a small research laboratory in the Royal Marsden Hospital. |
 | 2008 Press ArchiveThe ICR announced that the drug abiraterone could treat up to 80% of patients with aggressive and previously drug resistant prostate cancer. |
 | 2007 Press ArchiveICR scientists identified two common genetic variants that could triple a person’s risk of getting bowel cancer. |
 | 2006 Press ArchiveThe complex chain of molecular triggers involved in the development of malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, was published by the ICR. |
 | 2005 Press ArchiveRachel Stevens took men’s health into her own hands with an Everyman advertisement about warning signs of testicular cancer. |
 | 2004 Press ArchiveA gene crucial to the advancement and spread of bladder cancer was identified, providing a new target for researchers to develop drugs for. |
 | 2003 Press ArchiveHRH The Princess Royal, Chancellor of The University of London, officially opened the ICR’s Brookes Lawley Building at the beginning of the year. |
 | 2002 Press ArchiveICR scientists link smoking to at least 14 different types of cancer, as well as at least eight other serious medical conditions. |
 | 2001 Press ArchiveScientists develop a pioneering new method for diagnosing breast cancer, helping doctors distinguish more accurately between benign and malignant tumours. |
 | 2000 Press ArchiveThe ICR and The Royal Marsden develop a high-precision radiosurgery technique, allowing doctors to control a third of all brain tumours. |
 | 1999 Press ArchiveScientists at the ICR develop a cancer chip which will revolutionise the way cancer genes are discovered. |
 | 1998 Press ArchiveScientists began moving into the new extension of the Chester Beatty Laboratories in May, two years after construction begins. |
