Read article Our research into cancer spread (metastasis)
One of the biggest challenges in successfully treating cancer is preventing it from spreading around the body, and keeping cancer that has already spread at bay. Most cancer deaths are caused when cancer cells travel to new sites within the body and grow as secondary tumours.
This process - called ‘metastasis’ - is extremely complex and highly challenging to study in the lab. However, Cancer Research UK scientists are using a variety of novel, exciting ways to explore cancer spread and probe the molecules involved.
This work is significantly improving researchers’ understanding of metastasis. And it’s revealing opportunities to develop new treatments designed to stop cancer in its tracks.
Below are some of the highlights of our metastasis research portfolio.
Researcher listing
Fedor Berditchevski
Understanding the molecules involved in breast cancer spread
Colby Eaton
How does cancer spread to the bones?
Academic Urology Unit
University of Sheffield
Jeff Evans
Stopping pancreatic cancer from spreading
Institute of Cancer Sciences
University of Glasgow
Margaret Frame
How do cancer cells spread - and how can we stop them?
Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre
University of Edinburgh
Taija Makinen
London Research Institute
Alexander Mirnezami
Stopping bowel cancer from spreading
London Research Institute
Peter Mortimer
Preventing the side effects of breast cancer treatment
St George's, University of London
Paula Mulvenna
A clinical trial for lung cancer that has spread to the brain
Medical Research Council
Anne Ridley
Cancer cells on the move
Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics
King's College London
Erik Sahai
Tumour Cell Biology Laboratory
London Research Institute
Victoria Sanz-Moreno
London Research Institute
Ricky Sharma
Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology
University of Oxford
Ali Tavassoli
Cutting off the blood supply
University of Southampton
Claudia Wellbrock
Understanding how skin cancer spreads
University of Manchester
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