Delays to cancer referral through reduced use of the urgent GP referral pathway during the coronavirus pandemic could result in more than a thousand additional deaths in England, a new study reports.

Scientists researching new treatments for cancer patients are calling for urgent support to ensure the disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis does not damage long-term progress to defeat the disease.

ICR researchers are returning to their labs this week as we start to ramp up our pioneering cancer research following the disruption caused by the pandemic.