“I think the cancer is done now” – Gerry’s story 29 Mar 2022 Gerry was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000. During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, he tells us what research has brought him. Find out more Show/Hide
The exciting potential of radioactive elements in cancer treatment 08 Feb 2022 The element lutetium has made headlines around the world recently. In its radioactive ‘Lu-177’ form, as part of the drug Lu-177-PSMA, it has exciting potential as a cancer treatment – as our researchers here at The Institute of Cancer Research have helped to demonstrate. So how does it work – and what other radioactive elements have been used as cancer treatments? Find out more Show/Hide
A targeted prostate cancer screening programme could be possible in five years - what will it look like? 28 Jan 2022 The UK began screening for breast cancer nearly 35 years ago but we’re yet to have a screening programme for prostate cancer. Julia Bakker spoke to the UK’s leading expert in prostate cancer genetics, the ICR’s Professor Ros Eeles, about the progress we’re making and when we can expect prostate cancer screening to be a reality. Find out more Show/Hide
Evolution, cancer and coronavirus – how biology’s ‘Theory of Everything’ is key to fighting cancer and global pandemics 12 Feb 2021