Scientists have discovered clues which may explain why some treatments stop working for people with bowel cancer – causing around 16,800 deaths in the UK every year. The study, led by researchers at ...

Thousands of patients with a common type of blood cancer could benefit from a new drug combination, while others could see their disease kept at bay for longer. Research published in the journal Blood ...

News from ASCO 2025. From 30 May to 3 June, the world’s leading oncologists and researchers, including scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, will converge at the 2025 American ...

A new AI test can pick out which men with high-risk prostate cancer that has not spread will require life-extending drug abiraterone. Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and ...

Radiotheranostics is an exciting new field that has the potential to transform how cancers are detected and treated. Robbie Lockyer finds out more. Image: Dr Kathy Chung Ying Chan Radiotheranostics is ...

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has welcomed the approval of a new combination of two drugs for ovarian cancer by the US regulatory body the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The approval ...

Scientists have worked out how a protective element of our DNA helps prevent an abnormal genetic event that can lead to cells becoming cancerous. They have shown exactly how telomeres – the protective ...

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for cancers affecting the blood, bone marrow or lymphatic system. Despite being a common cancer that can affect people of any age, it is often not very well understood ...

Our group has several key objectives: Mechanistically dissect the role of the MYCN oncogene, and other key oncogenic driver genes in poor-outcome paediatric solid tumours (neuroblastoma, ...

The overuse of CT scans could cause over 100,000 cases of cancer in the US – with almost 10,000 cases in children, researchers have warned. According to a new modelling study, published in the journal ...

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, strongly welcomes the decision by NICE to recommend the targeted breast cancer drug, capivasertib, in combination with fulvestrant, for treating the most ...

A spit test, where a sample can be collected at home, is more accurate at identifying future risk of prostate cancer for some men than the current standard PSA blood test, a new study reports. Results ...