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  • Cancer trades in sugar for fatty acids in order to spread around the body

    Cancer trades in sugar for fatty acids in order to spread around the body

    Scientists have uncovered a crucial change in cancer cells that allows them to spread around the body – by switching from sugar to fatty acids to fuel their growth.

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  • UK cancer treatment ‘revolution’ as survey finds third of patients receiving modern precision treatments

    UK cancer treatment ‘revolution’ as survey finds third of patients receiving modern precision treatments

    Over one-third of surviving cancer patients have received state-of-the-art targeted drug treatment or immunotherapy, reveals a new survey highlighting the ‘revolution’ in cancer treatment over the last decade.

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  • Pairing targeted drugs for breast and lung cancer could overcome treatment resistance

    Pairing targeted drugs for breast and lung cancer could overcome treatment resistance

    Targeted drugs for breast and lung cancer could be used together to overcome resistance to treatment in several different tumour types, a new study shows.

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  • Celebratory symposium for Professor Mel Greaves

    Celebratory symposium for Professor Mel Greaves

    A celebratory symposium at the Royal Society on 16 September will bring together distinguished leaders across the field of leukaemia research and treatment to celebrate Professor Sir Mel Greaves and his knighthood for his services to children's leukaemia research.

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  • ICR scientists put melanoma under the microscope for BBC documentary

    ICR scientists put melanoma under the microscope for BBC documentary

    Earlier this year, ICR researchers were given a unique opportunity to image a primary tumour from a patient and discuss it with them as part of a documentary that aired on BBC Four.

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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 £15m to raise. To make our building a reality, we urgently need your philanthropic support.

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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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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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