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The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world’s most influential cancer research organisations. Today, learn about a prostate cancer blood test, training as an oncologist, and our immunotherapy appeal.

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  • Science Writing Prize 2018 - Eating our way out of cancer

    Science Writing Prize 2018 - Eating our way out of cancer

    In the second of our series of blog posts by the winner and runners-up of the Mel Greaves Science Writing Prize 2018, Dr Maxine Lam discusses how diet affects cancer.

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  • Drug combination gives ‘exciting’ results in ovarian and lung cancer in early trial

    Drug combination gives ‘exciting’ results in ovarian and lung cancer in early trial

    Combining a new targeted cancer drug with chemotherapy has shown promise in an early clinical trial, in patients with ovarian or lung cancer for whom all other treatments had failed.

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  • Breast cancer vulnerability could point way to new targeted treatments

    Breast cancer vulnerability could point way to new targeted treatments

    Researchers have identified a vulnerability in some breast cancer cells of a certain type – called triple negative breast cancer – that could be exploited by future targeted drugs.

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  • Immunotherapy: a revolution in cancer treatment

    Immunotherapy: a revolution in cancer treatment

    Donate today and help us develop therapies which use the body’s own immune system as a weapon against cancer.

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  • Tumour 'diaries' track cancers' evolutionary history and predict the future

    Tumour 'diaries' track cancers' evolutionary history and predict the future

    Scientists have developed a complex mathematical model that uses a snapshot of tumours’ genetic code to reach back in time, revealing its evolutionary history.

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  • Science Writing Prize 2018 – The human microbiome and cancer: friend or foe?

    Science Writing Prize 2018 – The human microbiome and cancer: friend or foe?

    In the first of four blog posts by the winner and runners-up of the Mel Greaves Science Writing Prize 2018, Dr Samantha Nimalasena, runner-up, writes about how our own microbiomes and immune systems can be used to tackle cancer.

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Immunotherapy appeal

Donate today and help us develop therapies which use the body’s own immune system as a weapon against cancer.

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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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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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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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Our research excellence

The ICR is the top-ranked academic research centre in the UK after coming first overall in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.

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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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