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  • Study signals new era of precision medicine for children with cancer

    Study signals new era of precision medicine for children with cancer

    A new study has shown the power of genetic testing to pick out the best drugs for children with cancer to extend and improve their lives – signalling a new era of precision medicine for young patients.

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  • Let’s finish it: Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery Appeal

    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 £14m to raise. To make our building a reality, we urgently need your philanthropic support.

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  • Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

    Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

    Children's cancers are different to those found in adults and there is an urgent need for new treatments for children with aggressive and hard to treat cancers.

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  • Targeted prostate cancer radiotherapy technique could cut treatment time from two months to two weeks

    Targeted prostate cancer radiotherapy technique could cut treatment time from two months to two weeks

    Advanced radiotherapy technology could safely deliver curative treatment for some prostate cancer patients in just one or two weeks, according to new research.

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  • Increased risk of prostate cancer in men with BRCA2 gene fault

    Increased risk of prostate cancer in men with BRCA2 gene fault

    Men with faults in the BRCA2 gene have an increased risk of prostate cancer and could benefit from PSA testing to help detect the disease earlier, according to new research.

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  • Poet Laureate’s ‘poem on a pill’ cuts cancer down to size

    Poet Laureate’s ‘poem on a pill’ cuts cancer down to size

    Newly appointed Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has written a poem for The Institute of Cancer Research, London, symbolising the goal of precision science to turn cancer into a manageable disease.

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Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery

We are building a new state-of-the art drug discovery centre to create more and better drugs for cancer patients. To make our building a reality, we urgently need your philanthropic support.

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Our scientific discoveries

For more than 100 years, the ICR has played an important role in shaping understanding of cancer and how it can be treated.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy has played a key role in the progress we have made over the years and there are many opportunities to play a part in the future of cancer research.

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The Drug Discoverer

Our Chief Executive and President, Professor Paul Workman, shares his experiences on his blog, The Drug Discoverer.

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Share your story

We always want to hear from people who have a cancer story to share. Get in touch and help raise awareness of our research.

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How we work with industry

We work in close partnership with industry to take results into the clinic as soon as possible, and make sure our research delivers for cancer patients.

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