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The transition from one cell shape to another can be largely explained by the actions of only two key proteins, researchers have found. The discovery could improve our understanding of cancer’s transformation from a localised, often manageable disease to a metastatic and deadly form that spreads to new parts of the body.

Researchers have completed a pilot of a new ‘oncogenetic’ gene testing pathway which is much faster and less costly than standard gene testing pathways

Pathologists have tended to take a fairly straightforward approach to understanding tumours – by simply cutting them into slices and examining them under the microscope. To some extent, they have succeeded in predicting how tumours might behave based on how they looked.

New study shows how a genetic mutation can turn one of our defences against infection into a driver of cancer.

A new type of MRI scan of the lungs that is taken while patients are breathing normally could help track how patients with lung tumours respond to treatment.

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury toured new state-of-the-art facilities, including the ICR's Centre for Cancer Imaging.

Scanning bladder cancer patients on the day of treatment could lead to safer, more accurate radiotherapy, and could pave the way for fewer people to have their bladders removed, say researchers.

Researchers have shown that three different genetic fingerprints underlie three different forms of glioma, a cancer which accounts for around half of all brain tumours.

Radiotherapy should be avoided for the treatment of testicular cancer after surgery because of an increased risk of developing secondary cancers, according to a new study by The Institute of Cancer Research, London.

Over 400 people gathered in the stunning surroundings of the Chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea for this year's 'Carols from Chelsea', raising nearly £100,000.

Closely monitoring prostate cancer patients could help thousands of men with less aggressive forms of the disease avoid unnecessary treatment, research shows.

German physicist Professor Wilhelm Röentgen was the first person to report using X-rays back in 1896. His first X-ray picture was of his wife’s hand, and when she saw the picture, she exclaimed "I have seen my death!”.