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The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world’s most influential cancer research organisations. Take a short survey to help improve our website, find out about how philanthropy supports our research, or meet some of our employees.

Most innovative cancer drugs facing delays in reaching patients

Despite increasing numbers of cancer drugs being licensed, an analysis has found that highly innovative drugs took longer to reach NHS patients than more conventional treatments.
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Let’s finish it: help us revolutionise cancer treatment

We aim to discover a new generation of cancer treatments so smart and targeted, that more patients will defeat their cancer and finish what they started.
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Informatics at the ICR

Cancer is a complex, ever-changing set of diseases. To truly understand and beat cancer, we must have a comprehensive view of all its facets. New technologies allow us to gather data on all these views of cancer at scale.
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What’s coming for cancer in the 2020s

We’ve learned a lot about cancer in the last decade, with survival rates better now than ever before. Our Policy Adviser, Roya Ziaie, takes a look at what might be in store over the next ten years in an ever-changing field.
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Let’s finish it: Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery Appeal

We are creating a new state-of-the art drug discovery centre to create more and better drugs for cancer patients. The centre is a £75m build – and we now have less than £10m to raise. To make our building a reality, we urgently need your philanthropic support.
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Making it count

We will deliver better outcomes and improved quality of life for patients by establishing innovative treatments, diagnostics and strategies for prevention as part of routine healthcare.
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Creating new treatments that target tumours

Teams of biologists, chemists and computational scientists design new drugs to selectively attack tumours
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Smarter, kinder treatments

We will move a step closer to cure by bringing personalised treatments into the clinic and developing them for patients.
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Innovative approaches

We will take on the challenge of cancer’s complexity, evolution and drug resistance through the discovery of innovative new approaches to cancer treatment.
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Winner of Queen's Anniversary Prize

The ICR has been recognised with a highly prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its world-leading research in cancer drug discovery.
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Unravelling cancer’s complexity

We will comprehend the full complexity of cancer by harnessing the power of new technologies and Big Data.
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