A new type of drug that blocks one of cancer’s key evolutionary escape routes from chemotherapy could be used to treat aggressive breast cancers, a new study has shown.

Newly appointed Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has written a poem for The Institute of Cancer Research, London, symbolising the goal of precision science to turn cancer into a manageable disease.

Over one-third of surviving cancer patients have received state-of-the-art targeted drug treatment or immunotherapy, reveals a new survey highlighting the ‘revolution’ in cancer treatment over the last decade.