The number of scientists able to access labs dropped by almost 30 per cent when the latest coronavirus lockdown was announced, according to new data released by the ICR. Some 28% are therefore resorting to working in unsociable hours to keep their research going. The ICR is calling for financial support to avert a two-year delay in cancer research advances reaching patients.

A type of ultrasound scan can detect cancer tissue left behind after a brain tumour is removed more sensitively than surgeons, and could improve the outcome from operations, a new study suggests.

An already approved breast cancer drug could bring hope to thousands of UK women who have an aggressive form of breast cancer, new research has found.