Cancer news

Scientists have unearthed crucial new genetic information about how breast cancer develops and the genetic changes which can be linked to survival.

An analysis of the complete genetic code of hundreds of breast tumours could lead to more personalised care for patients.

A gene test may improve the way doctors treating women with early-stage breast cancer identify those who can safely avoid post-surgery chemotherapy.

Find out the details of the nine ideas that could answer one of our Grand Challenges in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Almost 90 per cent of people in England don’t associate drinking alcohol with an increased risk of cancer

UK researchers running a clinical trial have presented some exciting preliminary results at a European breast cancer conference

A drug combination – of lapatinib and trastuzumab – before surgery shrinks and may even destroy tumours in women with HER2 positive disease within 11 days.

A Cancer Research UK clinical trial that showed focused radiotherapy after treatment has less long-term side effects than standard whole breast radiotherapy.

Using low doses of chemotherapy to keep cancer at bay might be more effective than trying to destroy the tumour outright.

We look at the evidence on childhood obesity and cancer, uncovering a potential direct link between obesity in childhood and raised cancer risk in adults.