Cancer

Although mesothelioma typically develops in the lining surrounding the lungs—about 75% – 80% of the time—it is not actually a type of lung cancer. Instead, it is a rare cancer that may begin in the lining of different parts of the body, including the abdomen, heart, and testicles. It makes sense, then, that Mesothelioma Awareness

Matt Bowman has spent his life helping others – first as a firefighter in Knox County, Indiana, and then during his journey to becoming a nurse. And he still hasn’t stopped helping people, even after getting diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017. Earlier this year, his cancer sadly came back.They found one nodule on each

In the last 6 years, almost 55,000 cancer patients should have been diagnosed quicker or started their treatment sooner, according to new calculations from Cancer Research UK released today. This is because, in England, the NHS has continued to miss its target to treat 85% of cancer patients within 2 months of their urgent suspected

Triple-negative breast cancer is notoriously hard to treat and tends to be more aggressive. It’s also more common among Black women. A new study has found just how much higher the risk is for this group. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania looked at the mammogram histories of just under 200,000 patients, including about 30,000

How can we make the vital journey from research to clinical impact more efficient? It all comes down to empowering researchers to develop an entrepreneurial mindset – here we catch up with the participants of our latest programme helping to do exactly that… To be successful, translational medicine (TM) needs to bring together multiple disciplines

Peer review is an incredibly important part of how we maintain the excellence of the research we fund. As part of Peer Review Week, we are very proud to celebrate the essential role our research community play in this process. Here we chat to Professor Marcus Munafò – a member of one of our funding committees

The number of people living with metastatic breast cancer continues to climb, with researchers estimating there will be nearly a quarter of a million patients in the United States alone by 2030. With this increase comes a need for more treatments, and a new drug from AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo may prove to be an

Breast cancer cells. Researchers have presented ‘striking’ data showing the power of a targeted drug to slow breast cancer growth. This data is nothing short of phenomenal and will be practice changing. – Dr Sara Hurvitz, study author The breakthrough drug works by delivering high concentrations of chemotherapy directly to cancer cells that have a

Adding abiraterone to standard hormone therapy improves survival for men with high-risk prostate cancer that’s not spread elsewhere in the body. “Today’s results are the first study of intensified hormone therapy in this group,” Professor Nick James, chief investigator of the STAMPEDE trial The latest findings from the STAMPEDE trial, funded by Cancer Research UK

Jessica Baladad has had a long history with self-examinations after a breast cancer scare in her early 20s. This habit helped save her life, and she wants to ensure other women remember get into the same habit. Baladad was in college when she says she accidentally stumbled upon a lump in her breast. She told

While the temps may still be in the 80’s, apple season is upon us! Give this Apple Bok Choy salad a try!  It is easy, healthy and oh so yummy. It is also a good transition into fall salad.   Prep Time: 20 minutes slicing and dicing time Servings: 2 hefty portions Ingredients: 6 cups finely chopped

Pat Washburn has gone from city to city in her late husband’s car with one message: Men can get breast cancer, too. Washburn recently finished a 40-plus city tour in her husband Marlyn’s 2014 Dodge Dart. After Marlyn died in 2017, just five months after learning he had breast cancer, the car was repurposed. Pat

Could the complex mechanisms driving solid tumour metastasis come down to the balance of cellular division and death? Cell biologist, Professor Jody Rosenblatt tells us why dysregulated cell death could have an impact not only on metastasis, but also therapy resistance… Cancer metastasis is the main reason patients succumb to their disease. Yet, understanding how

With all that’s going on in the world, people could use a little more beauty, a reason to smile, a glimmer of hope – and that’s what one hospital employee offered to everyone in the lobby of the University of Utah Health hospital. Many hospitals are full of patients, but suffering from a lack of

All patients have complicated relationships with their scans not unlike the hate-love relationships we have with other technologies in our lives. We first learn we have cancer from scans, then learn from them if that cancer has shrunk or disappeared, then learn if it has come back. Scans are like revolving doors, emotional roulette wheels

Rebecca and her family. This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we caught up with families who have been affected by and young people’s cancers to find out how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted them and their loved in the last instalment of our coronavirus reports series... Sneha: “I didn’t see my mum before I went into

Bowel cancer cells under a microscope. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for some adults with bowel cancer that’s spread to other parts of the body. Pembrolizumab will be made available to people with bowel cancers that are unable to repair DNA damage, which means these types of tumours

Image credit: Dr Esther Baena, CRUK Manchester Institute. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved apalutamide (Erleada) in combination with a hormone treatment for some prostate cancer patients in England. The hormone therapy will now be an option for adults with advanced hormone-sensitive prostate cancer that’s spread to other parts of

A blood test that has the potential to detect over 50 kinds of cancer is now being trialled in the NHS in England. The Galleri blood test, developed by the company GRAIL, aims to detect cancers earlier by looking for abnormal DNA shed from cancer cells into the blood. So far, the blood test has

Today marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. As a way to honor the lives lost and help those personally affected, Ali Lopes shares the story of her dad, Sal, and how we can all respect and remember that day. We thank Ali for sharing her story with our readers. Salvatore Lopes Like many, my family experienced

Many people have been putting off regular medical checkups during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to concerns about contracting the virus. Unfortunately, doing so could have disastrous results. A U.S. Senator is using her breast cancer diagnosis to remind people to keep being vigilant and to schedule important screenings. Thursday, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar announced that

Let me start by saying I am no fig expert. I just happen to like figs and with a fig tree in my yard with an overabundance of figs this summer, I have learned about their versatility and health benefits. They are a naturally sweet and healthy addition to your diet. A few years ago,

When most grooms step up to the altar on their wedding day, they say vows to their wives-to-be. However, Dontez Williams had a few other vows to say, one for each of his two stepdaughters. Dontez was preparing to marry his long-time girlfriend, Myshella Burton, but it wasn’t just his future wife he wanted to

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a first-of-its-kind cancer drug – capable of targeting a gene mutation that causes some of the most aggressive cancers – to treat a certain form of lung cancer. The ground-breaking decision follows a 40-year hunt for a drug that can tackle a mutation that long

In March, we announced the winners of the inaugural Cancer Research UK–Children with Cancer UK Innovation Awards. Six months on, we caught up with Dr Sam Behjati about how the £1m awards are allowing his team to use big data to chart the origins of an often-fatal type of children’s cancer. Dr Sam Behjati From

Adapted from Thomas L. McDermitt, “A long-time cancer patient and skeptic.” NOTE AS YOU READ THIS POST: You don’t have to agree with all of this all of the time. But if it generally speaks to you, try to read all or parts of it every day, or have it read to you. Part of the

Artificial intelligence is set to revolutionise many aspects of cancer diagnosis and treatment – but an AI is only as good as the data used to train it. Here we find out how the OPTIMAM project’s mammogram collection is heralding a new dawn of machine learning based cancer detection Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the

We review and update this article as new research emerges. The last update was September 2021, when we updated the section on clinical trials to reflect new and upcoming studies. Few cancer topics spark as much online debate as cannabis. The bottom line is that right now there isn’t enough reliable evidence to prove that