Scientists have developed a new clinical pathway for testing for the cancer-causing faults in the BRCA gene that could ensure ...

Imaging researchers have taken a major step towards their ultimate goal of identifying cancers that are starved of oxygen so that altered treatment can be used to target them more effectively. Funded ...

What is the study about? PRIMETIME is investigating whether people with very low risk of breast cancer returning, may be able to safely avoid having radiotherapy as part of their treatment. After ...

A charity fundraising event that was set up as a tribute to Dave Myers, the much-loved TV chef, raised an incredible ...

A new type of blood test can predict the recurrence of breast cancer in high-risk patients, months or even years before they relapse, research has shown. A team from The Institute of Cancer Research, ...

A pioneering apprenticeship programme at the ICR for aspiring laboratory research technicians has won the Education and ...

Researchers have examined thousands of genetically defined traits to identify possible causal relationships for eight common ...

A new study has answered the long-standing question of why improvements in survival outcomes for young people with cancerous ...

New research identifies specific genetic changes that can increase someone's risk of breast and ovarian cancers, to help ...

One was overall innovation award winner Dr Freddie Whiting, who is developing a set of drug resistance assays called Evolutionary-Informed Resistance Assays (EIRAs). He’s a postdoctoral research ...

Collaboration is essential in science. By sharing knowledge, ideas and skills, we can turn a disease from one that is always fatal into one that is often treatable or even curable. This collaboration ...

Over half (52 per cent) of people diagnosed with advanced melanoma are now surviving the disease for ten years or more when they receive a combination immunotherapy treatment, according to a study led ...