Science Talk

Immunotherapies are some of the most innovative new cancer treatments available to patients, but more needs to be done to get them to as many patients as possible. Policy Officer Aislinn Santoni looks at the barriers to wider access and what we can do to overcome them.

As the conference stands are packed up and the signs taken down, Lydia Brain reflects back on some of the most commonly recurring topics from the conference.

Two scientists who made key discoveries about how the immune system is regulated have won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Dr Claire Hastings explains how their work led to a revolution in cancer treatment.