Latest press releases from Cancer Research UK http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/index.htm http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cr_weblayout/groups/cr_common/@inm/@gen/documents/image/cruk_logo_image.gif http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/index.htm http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-12-MPs-sent-cigarette-packs-to-highlight-their-deadly-designs?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-12-MPs-sent-cigarette-packs-to-highlight-their-deadly-designs?rss=true Westminster MPs are being sent examples of widely available cigarette packets to show how the tobacco industry markets its products to children today (Tuesday).]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-11-late-diagnosis-and-lack-of-treatment-access-may-contribute-to-poor-UK-lung-cancer-survival?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-11-late-diagnosis-and-lack-of-treatment-access-may-contribute-to-poor-UK-lung-cancer-survival?rss=true The UK's one-year lung cancer survival lags behind Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Sweden according to a new international study published today (Monday).]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:30:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-11-early-results-show-two-drugs-may-be-better-than-one-to-treat-skin-cancer?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-11-early-results-show-two-drugs-may-be-better-than-one-to-treat-skin-cancer?rss=true Adding lung cancer drugs to targeted melanoma treatment could increase survival for certain patients, according to research published in Cancer Discovery today.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-08-GPs-refer-80-per-cent-cancers-after-two-visits?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-08-GPs-refer-80-per-cent-cancers-after-two-visits?rss=true More than 80 per cent of patients suspected of having cancer are being referred by their GP in the first two consultations, with more than half being sent to see a specialist at the first appointment, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-08-gps-should-lifestyle-advice-to-cancer-patients?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-02-08-gps-should-lifestyle-advice-to-cancer-patients?rss=true Over 80 per cent of cancer patients' close friends and family think that doctors should give their cancer patients lifestyle advice on eating habits, weight-loss and exercise, according to a new study published today (Friday) in the British Journal of Cancer.]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-31-desire-for-tan-making-teenage-girls-ignore-sunbed-dangers?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-31-desire-for-tan-making-teenage-girls-ignore-sunbed-dangers?rss=true Teenage girls desperate for a tan are determined to find ways of getting round the law banning under-18s from using sunbeds, according to a new study from Cancer Research UK published in the Journal of Public Health.]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-29-cancer-deaths-higher-men-than-women?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-29-cancer-deaths-higher-men-than-women?rss=true Men are over 35 per cent more likely to die from cancer than women in the UK, according to a new report.]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-23-docetaxel-increases-survival-for-gastric-cancers?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-23-docetaxel-increases-survival-for-gastric-cancers?rss=true Survival for advanced stomach and oesophagael cancer patients increases by 40 per cent when treated with the chemotherapy drug, Docetaxel – providing evidence to prescribe it as a second-line treatment, according to the results of a Cancer Research UK trial presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal cancers symposium today.]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-23-prostate-cancer-lifetime-risk-trebles?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-23-prostate-cancer-lifetime-risk-trebles?rss=true Boys born in 2015 will have almost three times the risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their lives than those born in 1990.]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-21-Alliance-of-translational-research-centres-established-to-accelerate-global-drug-development?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-21-Alliance-of-translational-research-centres-established-to-accelerate-global-drug-development?rss=true Six of the world's top translational health research centres today announced that they have come together to form a new Global Alliance of Leading Drug Discovery and Development Centres. The aim of this alliance is to strengthen the international academic and/or not-for-profit drug development and commercialization network to ultimately improve the rate at which academic research is translated into new medicines.]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:18:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-17-CRT-phase1-clinical-trial-AZD0424?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-17-CRT-phase1-clinical-trial-AZD0424?rss=true Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office (DDO) and AstraZeneca have opened a new trial of a drug called AZD0424.]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-17-sunbeds-double-strength-mediterranean-sun?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-01-17-sunbeds-double-strength-mediterranean-sun?rss=true THE AVERAGE skin cancer risk from sunbeds is more than double that of spending the same length of time in the Mediterranean midday summer sun – according to new research from the University of Dundee and published today in the British Journal of Dermatology.]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-16-1-cdp-astex-ICR- at13148-trial-launch?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2013-16-1-cdp-astex-ICR- at13148-trial-launch?rss=true Cancer Research UK and its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) are launching a trial of an experimental drug shown to simultaneously block many enzymes that control cancer cell growth and death.]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-31-virtual-experiments?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-31-virtual-experiments?rss=true Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have identified 46 previously overlooked but potentially 'druggable' cancer targets, using a powerful new online approach that allows researchers to carry out 'virtual experiments' to quickly prioritise which are the best targets for drug discovery. The findings are published in the journal Nature Reviews Drug Discovery today.]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-27-Greatest-Legacies?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-27-Greatest-Legacies?rss=true The Olympic and Paralympic Games combined are expected to leave the most significant legacy of 2012, according to a survey by Cancer Research UK.]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-23-bowel-cancer-gene-find?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-23-bowel-cancer-gene-find?rss=true Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that two gene faults increase the risk of bowel cancer in families with a strong history of developing the disease, who, until now, had no explanation as to why their risk was greater.]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:00:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-20-first-prostate-tissue-study?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-20-first-prostate-tissue-study?rss=true The first-ever comprehensive study of prostate cancer tissue has revealed a completely new gene network driving the disease in patients who have stopped responding to standard hormone treatment, according to Cancer Research UK research published today in Cancer Cell.]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:00:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-19-lifetime-cancer-risk-for-men-to-climb-to-one-in-two?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-19-lifetime-cancer-risk-for-men-to-climb-to-one-in-two?rss=true A man's lifetime risk of developing cancer is set to reach one in two by 2027 according to new Cancer Research UK figures released today (Wednesday).]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-16-starving-cancer-cells-of-nutrient?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-16-starving-cancer-cells-of-nutrient?rss=true Depriving cancer cells of a key amino acid dramatically cuts their ability to grow and multiply, according to a new Cancer Research UK study published in Nature.]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:33:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-14-thyroid-cancer-cases-double?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-14-thyroid-cancer-cases-double?rss=true The number of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer in England has doubled since the early 1990s, according to a new report published by the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) today.]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-12-improved-survival-for-chronic-myeloid-leukaemia?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-12-improved-survival-for-chronic-myeloid-leukaemia?rss=true Survival for people diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) has risen by nearly half, with around 58 per cent of people surviving their disease for at least five years compared with only around 40 per cent in the late 1990s, according to a new report from the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN).]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-11-gene-fault-influences-breast-cancer-survival?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-11-gene-fault-influences-breast-cancer-survival?rss=true Researchers have shown that an inherited gene fault influences the chances of some women surviving breast cancer. It also increases the risk of women developing a second breast cancer. The research is published in this week's Journal of Clinical Oncology.]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-07-high-risk-women-may-need-frequent-ovarian-cancer-screening?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-07-high-risk-women-may-need-frequent-ovarian-cancer-screening?rss=true Screening women at high risk of ovarian cancer once a year may not be effective enough to spot the disease in its earlier stages, and more frequent screening may be needed for this group of women, according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:15:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-07-JLS-take-on-new-mission-to-help-beat-cancer?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-07-JLS-take-on-new-mission-to-help-beat-cancer?rss=true MOBO and Brit Award winning group JLS and world leading charity Cancer Research UK have joined forces to re-launch the JLS Foundation this December, to coincide with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The Foundation’s aim is to help fund Cancer Research UK's vital research specifically into cancers that affect children, teenagers and young adults aged 0-24 within the UK, to help bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-06-radiotherapy-benefits-for-breast-cancer-patients-from-ten-year-start-trial?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-06-radiotherapy-benefits-for-breast-cancer-patients-from-ten-year-start-trial?rss=true A lower total dose of radiotherapy, delivered in fewer, larger treatments, is as safe and effective at treating early breast cancer as the international standard dose, according to the 10-year follow-up results of a major Cancer Research UK trial presented at the 2012 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium today (Thursday).]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:30:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-05-tamoxifen-halves-deaths?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-05-tamoxifen-halves-deaths?rss=true Ten years of tamoxifen treatment can approximately halve the number of deaths from the most common form of breast cancer during the second decade after diagnosis, according to the results of the Cancer Research UK- funded ATLAS trial published in the Lancet today.]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:30:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-05-britons-want-bowel-cancer-screening-recommendation?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-05-britons-want-bowel-cancer-screening-recommendation?rss=true Britons want a recommendation from the NHS on whether to attend bowel cancer screening, along with all the information on benefits and risks, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer today.]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-03-jessica-ennis-voted-top-willpower-hero-ahead-of-dryathlon?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-12-03-jessica-ennis-voted-top-willpower-hero-ahead-of-dryathlon?rss=true Jessica Ennis has topped a list of 30 of the UK's willpower heroes, picking up more than 20 per cent of the public vote, in a survey released today to mark the launch of Cancer Research UK's new fundraising campaign, Dryathlon™.]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:44:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-30-government-urged-to-back-plain-packs-for-tobacco-products?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-30-government-urged-to-back-plain-packs-for-tobacco-products?rss=true Nearly two thirds (63%) of people in the UK back a move to get rid of colourful and slickly designed cigarette packets according to a survey of more than 2000 adults commissioned by Cancer Research UK.]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-28-scientific-breakthroughs-one-small-island-change-world?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-28-scientific-breakthroughs-one-small-island-change-world?rss=true Game-changing medical advances are within our reach but this 'one small island' needs huge investment in science in order to make this a reality, author Bill Bryson will say tonight at the first Create The Change science lecture for Cancer Research UK.]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:00:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-27-CRT-Lorus-Clinical-development-partnership-IL-17E?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-27-CRT-Lorus-Clinical-development-partnership-IL-17E?rss=true Cancer Research UK’s Drug Development Office; Cancer Research Technology, the charity's commercial arm; and biopharmaceutical company, Lorus Therapeutics Inc., have partnered to take a new therapy with the potential to treat solid tumours, into its first clinical trial.]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:30:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-27-friendly-nudge-prompts-gp-visit?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-27-friendly-nudge-prompts-gp-visit?rss=true More than a third (40 per cent) of people say talking to a friend or relative about a change to their body that was playing on their mind encouraged them to make an appointment with a GP, according to a new survey from Cancer Research UK.]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-23-industry-claims-on-cigarette-packaging-are-nonsense?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-23-industry-claims-on-cigarette-packaging-are-nonsense?rss=true Claims that replacing alluring designs on cigarette packs with a plain standardised look will increase illegal tobacco production are baseless - according to a new report published today (Friday) by an international expert.]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-20-death-rates-from-ovarian-cancer-have-fallen-by-20-per-cent-over-last-decade?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-20-death-rates-from-ovarian-cancer-have-fallen-by-20-per-cent-over-last-decade?rss=true The rates of women dying from ovarian cancer in England have fallen from 11.2 women in every 100,000 (3,820 cases) in 2001 to 8.8 per 100,000 (3,453 cases) in 2010 – a drop of around 20 per cent, according to a new report by the National Cancer Intelligence Network published, today.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-14-33000-childhood-cancer-survivors?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-14-33000-childhood-cancer-survivors?rss=true An estimated 33,000 long-term survivors of childhood cancer - the vast majority of whom are cured - will be living in the UK by the end of 2012, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-10-smart-drug-leukaemia?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-10-smart-drug-leukaemia?rss=true Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) patients given a new type of 'smart drug' in addition to chemotherapy treatment are 22 per cent less likely to relapse and around 13 per cent less likely to die from their disease, results from a major phase III Cancer Research UK-funded trial led by Cardiff University show today (Saturday).]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-07-lung-cancer-price-tag?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-07-lung-cancer-price-tag?rss=true The cost of lung cancer to the UK economy is £2.4 billion each year, far higher than the cost of any other cancer. This highlights the urgent need to continue to reduce the number of young people who become addicted to tobacco – as smoking causes more than eight in 10 lung cancers in the UK.]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-6-smokers-leave-history-of-addiction-in-DNA?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-6-smokers-leave-history-of-addiction-in-DNA?rss=true Smokers are leaving a history of addiction in their DNA that may help to measure their risk of cancer, according to research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference today.]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-06-supermolecule-could-detect-cancer-destroy-tumours-and-monitor-treatment?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-06-supermolecule-could-detect-cancer-destroy-tumours-and-monitor-treatment?rss=true The same protein could potentially be targeted to detect precancerous breast cells; deliver radiotherapy to destroy tumours; and monitor the effectiveness of treatment, according to a Cancer Research UK study presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool today.]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-05-first-figures-set-gynaecological-cancer-surgery-standards?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-05-first-figures-set-gynaecological-cancer-surgery-standards?rss=true The first UK multicentre figures showing that one in five women having major gynaecological cancer surgery have some sort of complication will help set standards in the NHS, according to research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference today.]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-05-prostate-cancer-screening?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-05-prostate-cancer-screening?rss=true Targeting prostate cancer screening based on a man's age and genes could potentially save thousands of men from unnecessary treatment and save the NHS millions of pounds.]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-04-bowel-screening-detect-before-power-to-kill?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-04-bowel-screening-detect-before-power-to-kill?rss=true Bowel screening is detecting more cancers when they are less mature and have less aggressive biological characteristics according to new research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week.]]> Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-03-HPV-test-oral-cancer-improves-outcomes-and-treatments?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-03-HPV-test-oral-cancer-improves-outcomes-and-treatments?rss=true A new test designed to classify tonsil and throat cancers into one of two groups should help deliver the right treatment to the right patients, according to research being presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool next week.]]> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-02-combination-therapy-trial-for-non-responding-breast-cancer?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-02-combination-therapy-trial-for-non-responding-breast-cancer?rss=true Cancer Research UK’s Drug Development Office (DDO) has joined forces with academia and industry to trial an experimental drug from AstraZeneca called AZD4547 in combination with existing therapies, to treat post-menopausal women whose breast cancer has spread and is no longer responding to standard treatment.]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-01-bowel-cancer-chemo-swap?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-11-01-bowel-cancer-chemo-swap?rss=true Giving some bowel cancer patients six weeks of chemotherapy before surgery can significantly shrink their tumour, making it easier to remove and potentially reducing the chances of the cancer coming back, according to results from a major Cancer Research UK-funded pilot study published this month in Lancet Oncology.]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-30-cruk-response-to-breast-screening-review?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-30-cruk-response-to-breast-screening-review?rss=true Our official response to the Independent Breast Screening Review Panel's findings]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-29-crt-astex-newcastle-university?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-29-crt-astex-newcastle-university?rss=true Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, Cancer Research Technology Limited (CRT) and Newcastle University have signed a major five-year strategic drug discovery alliance. The partners will discover and develop new cancer drugs in collaboration with researchers at the Cancer Research UK Drug Discovery Program at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research (NICR, Newcastle University).]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:01:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-26-new-breast-cancer-root?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-26-new-breast-cancer-root?rss=true Scientists have discovered new types of early cells in mammary glands, uncovering clues to the origins of different breast cancers - and potential new drug targets, according to findings published in Breast Cancer Research.]]> Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:34:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-14-imaging-genes-breast-cancer-diagnosis?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-14-imaging-genes-breast-cancer-diagnosis?rss=true Combining two approaches - one that digitally scans images of tumour samples and another that analyses genetic information - gives a more accurate prediction of how breast cancer will behave.]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:00:00 GMT http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-24-disulfiram-brain-tumour-drug?rss=true http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/pressrelease/2012-10-24-disulfiram-brain-tumour-drug?rss=true A drug that has been used to treat alcoholic patients for more than sixty years could potentially help treat glioblastoma – the most common and deadly brain tumour in adults – according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday).]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:09:00 GMT