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- Targeting brain tumours. At the moment, the most common treatment option for gliomas, a type of brain tumour, is surgery. But while its currently the best option, it’s an invasive and risky procedure.
- Shedding new light on lung cancer evolution. Earlier this year, TRACERx, our flagship lung cancer study, published a suite of new results revealing the secrets of how lung cancer can evolve, spread and resist treatment.
- Improving immunotherapies. While chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy are the cornerstones of cancer treatment, advances in immunotherapy are making it an increasingly effective option.
- Revolutionising cervical cancer treatment. Over the last decade, cervical cancer mortality rates have decreased by around a sixth (18%) in females in the UK (2017-2019).
Helping more people survive cancer is the aim of everything we do. Read stories from people who have experienced the importance of research into cancer biology, and how this research has made a difference to them.
Dec 26, 2023 · Whether you’re looking for someone to tell you the cold hard facts, or read a story to lift your spirits, it’s out there. Here 6 remarkable cancer memoirs, each different in tone and story, and each uniquely able to teach, comfort and guide.
Dec 19, 2019 · What drives our doctors and researchers to end cancer? What compels them to work in medicine or even get out of bed every morning? Here are the stories that five of our experts shared in 2019.
Dec 18, 2019 · Whether they deal with proving a terminal diagnosis wrong, struggling with a challenging treatment, or making the best of life after cancer, our patients’ and caregivers’ stories have one thing in common: hope. Here are seven of their most uplifting tales from 2019.
By turns ironic, inspiring, sobering, and funny, essays in a booklet called “In Our Own Words” relate key moments in diagnosis and treatment, as well as observations and realizations made along the way.
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Read inspiring stories from cancer survivors to learn how research is transforming patient care and saving lives.
