New trial finds radiotherapy combined with hormone therapy can help some advanced prostate cancer patients avoid chemotherapy 08 May 2024 Radiotherapy can be used alongside hormone treatment, delaying the need for chemotherapy and therefore significantly protecting their quality of life for some patients with advanced prostate cancer, according to researchers from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, London. Find out more Show/Hide
Scientists plot ‘extinction’ of cancers by disrupting their ecosystems 22 Nov 2022 World-leading cancer researchers announce plans to create a new generation of treatments that target the ecosystems supporting cancer. Their new strategy sees cancer genetics and evolution within complex ecosystems as keys to creating new targeted drugs and immunotherapies. They aim to double survival for people with advanced cancer within a decade by combining existing treatments and using smart dosing strategies Find out more Show/Hide
ICR remembers Dame Deborah James 29 Jun 2022 The ICR has offered heartfelt condolences to Dame Deborah James' family after the campaigner and podcaster very sadly died - Deborah had been living with bowel cancer for six years. Find out more Show/Hide
AI study 'exciting first step' towards improving post-treatment surveillance of lung cancer patients 23 Apr 2022
ESMO 2020: Research breakthrough offers new hope for high risk patients with HR+ breast cancer 20 Sep 2020
Computer-assisted ultrasound imaging could help deliver more accurate radiotherapy for prostate cancer 27 Jul 2020
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting 2020: Personalised cancer vaccine shows promise in early trial 22 Jun 2020
MRI data can predict patient response to treatment and survival in advanced ovarian cancer 30 Jan 2020
Personalised ‘liquid biopsy’ could detect return of breast cancer nearly eleven months earlier than hospital scans 01 Aug 2019