Scientists have discovered a key protein that could be targeted with a drug to treat the most common and aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. The findings, published in Nature, show that blocking the ...

The Institute of Cancer Research attracts the very best science graduates and clinicians to carry out cutting-edge research and make the discoveries that defeat cancer. Our students enjoy working in a ...

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 ...

Image: DNA sequence. Credit: The Institute of Cancer Research, London. A spit test, where a sample can be collected at home, is more accurate at identifying future risk of prostate cancer for one ...

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 new type of targeted medicine has shown ‘remarkable’ benefits for patients with advanced breast cancer in a major phase III clinical trial. The drug capivasertib combined with hormone therapy ...

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have found a way to identify people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who are at the highest risk of developing bowel cancer. IBD includes ...

Image of human melanoma tissue, with melanoma cells in green and purple extracellular matrix fibres arranged perpendicular at the border of the tumour. Credit Oscar Maiques Carlos Scientists have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black men are more likely than their White or Asian counterparts to have a range of genetic changes that increase their risk of developing prostate cancer, a major new study reports. The genetic ...

Scientists have shown for the first time that some of the most persistent cancer cells in glioblastoma, a common type of adult brain tumour, rely on a specific enzyme for survival and that inhibiting ...