2011 Archive
Fewer, Larger Radiotherapy Doses Prove Safe For Prostate Cancer Patients - 13 Dec 2011
Scientists Discover How To Beat Resistance To Standard Leukaemia Drug - 08 Dec 2011
Scientist Recognised with Cancer Charity’s Highest Honour - 02 Dec 2011
Topping out ceremony marks milestone for The Royal Marsden and The Institute of Cancer Research - 30 Nov 2011
Global Award for Prostate Cancer Blood Test Developer - 30 Nov 2011
First Risk Genes Found for Bone Marrow Cancer - 27 Nov 2011
First patients enrolled in personalised medicine project - 21 Nov 2011
ICR Scientists at Forefront of High-Tech Gene Sequencing Initiative - 18 Nov 2011
Gene Profiling Has Improved - But Not Yet Personalised - Breast Cancer Treatment - 18 Nov 2011
Skin Cancer Drug Development Boosted with £3m Grant - 16 Nov 2011
Positive Survival Data from Interim Analysis of Phase III Trial of Prostate Cancer Drug - 03 Nov 2011
Young ICR scientists win European research award - 03 Nov 2011
Switching Drugs Improves Breast Cancer Survival Rates, Long-Term Trial Data Shows - 31 Oct 2011
Breast Cancer Breakthrough Could Predict Recurrence Risk for Thousands of UK Women - 19 Oct 2011
Gene Testing Young Prostate Cancer Patients Could Help Target Treatment - 12 Oct 2011
HPV Testing in Screening Programme Saves 3,500 Women From Unncessary Tests - 28 Sep 2011
ICR Scientist to Lead Manchester’s Paterson Institute - 22 Sep 2011
UK-Discovered Prostate Cancer Drug Launches in Britain - 21 Sep 2011
International Award for Prostate Cancer Drug Developer - 19 Sep 2011
Breakthrough in Male Breast Cancer - 15 Sep 2011
Launch of New Trial to Treat Recurrent Brain Tumours - 07 Sep 2011
European Approval for UK-Discovered Prostate Cancer Drug - 07 Sep 2011
Vital Funding Continues for Cancer Research - 18 Aug 2011
Scientists Discover How Cancers Generate Muscle-Like Contractions to Spread Around the Body - 15 Aug 2011
Preclinical Development Candidate Selected for Chk1 Inhibitor Programme - 15 Aug 2011
Scan Predicts Chemotherapy Benefit After Just One Cycle - 12 Aug 2011
Landmark Ovarian Cancer Discovery as Scientists Unveil High Risk Gene - 07 Aug 2011
First Encyclopaedia of Breast Cancer’s Weaknesses - 02 Aug 2011
Genetic Link to Rare Brain Tumour Discovered - 31 Jul 2011
ICR Scientist Receives Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize - 28 Jul 2011
Life-Extending Prostate Cancer Drug in Sight for UK Men - 22 Jul 2011
Cancer Research UK Invests in Future World-Leading ICR Scientist - 20 Jul 2011
Projects Launched to Crack the Cancer Code - 14 Jul 2011
Physicists team up to focus on cancer - 14 Jul 2011
Scientists Unlock Further Prostate Cancer Secrets - 10 Jul 2011
New Line of Attack in Fight Against Cancer - 07 Jul 2011
Chemotherapy Protocol Proves Worth for High Risk Children’s Cancer - 04 Jul 2011
Expert Independent Panel Reviews Mobile Phone Link to Brain Tumours - 02 Jul 2011
Breast Cancer Patients Could Benefit from Fewer Radiotherapy Treatments - 17 Jun 2011
Stem Cell Time Bombs Cause Leukaemia Relapse - 10 Jun 2011
Simple Blood Test Could Speed up Cancer Drug Development - 09 Jun 2011
New ‘Smart’ Pill Shown to Extend Lives of Patients with Most Aggressive Form of Skin Cancer - 06 Jun 2011
ICR Scientist to Receive £2.14m Share of Inaugural Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards - 02 Jun 2011
Gene Test Predicts Leukaemia Survival - 31 May 2011
Girls’ Ages at First Period Getting Younger, Particularly Those From Poorer Backgrounds - 27 May 2011
Prostate Cancer Drug Developers Win Royal Society of Chemistry Award - 27 May 2011
New Type of Hormone Therapy Extends Prostate Cancer Patients’ Lives, Study Finds - 25 May 2011
World’s Biggest Medical Imaging Microchip Heralds Better Treatment for Cancer Patients - 05 May 2011
‘Like Finding Gold in Trafalgar Square’: Gene Breakthrough - 03 May 2011
Prostate Cancer Patients to Benefit from Drug Discovered at The Institute of Cancer Research - 28 Apr 2011
Genetics are Key to Age at Which Girls Start their Periods - 13 Apr 2011
First Patients To Receive New Cancer Drug - 12 Apr 2011
Blood Test Shows Potential to Predict Treatment Response - 01 Apr 2011
New Radiotherapy Technique May Save More Healthy Breast Tissue - 15 Mar 2011
The ICR, Cancer Research Technology and Zobio BV Sign Deal to Develop Cancer Drugs - 11 Mar 2011
Two-pronged Approach Brings Hope For Bowel Cancer Treatment - 01 Mar 2011
Gene Test to Predict Nerve Damage from Bone Cancer Treatment - 01 Mar 2011
Study Confirms Therapy Could Halt Breast Cancer Spread - 22 Feb 2011
First National Data on Breast Cancers that Occur Between Screenings - 16 Feb 2011
New Targeted Treatment Strategy Could Help Bowel Cancer Patients - 31 Jan 2011
Pill Brings Promise for Patients with Skin Cancer - 20 Jan 2011
Faulty Gene Behind Skin Cancer Also Triggers Spread - 06 Jan 2011
