Science Talk

This year, our Spring Appeal is focused on hard-to-treat cancers. These include lung cancer, for which there is still a lack of effective treatments. Although researchers are making progress against the disease, they are sometimes hampered by the stigma that surrounds it because of its well-known link with smoking. Here, we speak with one of the ICR’s lung cancer experts, Dr Astero Klampatsa, to find out more.

Mark was diagnosed with kidney cancer in April 2021. After surgery to remove the tumour and affected kidney, he was initially told there was no evidence that the disease had spread. However, a biopsy of the tumour showed it was an aggressive type of cancer, prone to returning.

Cancer research is driving progress in treatment that means more and more people are living well for longer after a diagnosis of advanced cancer. Sarah Lothian spoke to five people who are each responding well to treatment and are now looking to the future, after receiving a devastating diagnosis.