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  • Adding chemotherapy to radiotherapy for bladder cancer shows benefits for patients

    Adding chemotherapy to radiotherapy for bladder cancer shows benefits for patients

    Data from a clinical trial which assessed the benefits of adding chemotherapy alongside radiotherapy for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer has shown that this treatment can be given without substantially impacting subsequent health related quality of life.

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  • Tell me more about telomeres: how ‘basic’ science can help us treat cancer

    Tell me more about telomeres: how ‘basic’ science can help us treat cancer

    Dr Max Douglas recently joined the ICR as leader of the Telomere Biology Team. By rebuilding telomeres in the lab, he aims to unpick how they work to understand their link to cancer. Diana Cano Bordajandi met him to find out more.

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  • Cancers engaged in evolutionary arms race with immune system

    Cancers engaged in evolutionary arms race with immune system

    Aggressive, highly mutated cancers evolve escape routes in response to immune attacks in an ‘evolutionary arms race’ between cancer and the immune system, a new study reports.

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  • Let’s finish it: help us revolutionise cancer treatment

    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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  • 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 £10m to raise. To make our building a reality, we urgently need your philanthropic support.

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Let’s finish it: help us revolutionise cancer treatment

Help us 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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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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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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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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