Institute of Cancer Research
AI better than biopsy at assessing some cancers, study finds
Researchers in UK say new tool could help ensure patients at high risk are identified promptly
Discovery of bacteria linked to prostate cancer hailed as potential breakthrough
New cancer treatment uses body’s cellular waste disposal to flag harmful proteins
‘For 30 years I’ve been obsessed by why children get leukaemia. Now we have an answer’
Newly knighted cancer scientist Mel Greaves explains why a cocktail of microbes could give protection against disease
Stress and trauma are not causes of breast cancer, research rules
Institute of Cancer Research study of 100,000 women finds that those who developed illness did not suffer more stress than those who did not
Statins 'could be valuable addition to breast cancer treatment'
Research shows some early tumours can produce molecule made from cholesterol which can mimic oestrogen
Nice decision on prostate cancer drug is a 'kick in the teeth' for patients
Charity and scientists criticise drug approval body for not offering abiraterone to sufferers until after chemotherapy
Could 'triple whammy' technique that beat HIV win battle against cancer?
New gene treatments that attack tumours on multiple fronts can prolong life – but also show cancer cells are more complex than scientists had thought
Expert view: Professor Peter Johnson, Cancer Research UK's chief clinician
Scientists prove cancer can be passed on in the womb
Scientists find genetic key to some breast cancers
· Discovery may spare patients chemotherapy
· Clinical trials planned for 'targeted' treatment
The dash for a tache
John Hind on why men are brushing up on a 'seksy' upper lip.
Faulty gene 'doubles risk of breast cancer'
Women with a faulty version of the BRIP1 gene are twice as likely to develop breast cancer, according to research by scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research published in the journal Nature Genetics.
Women with damaged ATM gene more likely to develop cancer
Women who inherit a damaged version of a particular gene are more than twice as likely to develop breast cancer, according to research published today.
Cancer researchers discover 'holy grail'
The fight against cancer today received two significant boosts with British scientists announcing the discovery of a prostate cancer gene, and the results of a Canadian study which claims a new drug could nearly half deaths from recurrent breast cancer in older women.
New cancer gene identified
Scientists have stumbled upon the gene they think is responsible for bladder cancer.
Cancer rise 'led by changes in lifestyle'
The sexual revolution of the 1960s, together with less cautious behaviour during the two world wars when death appeared ever imminent, are behind the rise in cervical cancer, just as smoking has caused the lung cancer epidemic, according to research chronicling the last century of the disease.
Cancer treatment zeroes in
A new radiotherapy technique, which allows tumours that are wrapped around healthy tissue to be targeted more precisely, may save the lives of patients suffering from many types of cancer in situations that at present are hard to treat.
Prof Len Lamerton
Shortly after the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, Professor Len Lamerton, who has died aged 84, returned from war service to his former job as physicist at the then Royal Cancer Hospital (now the Royal Marsden) and the Institute of Cancer Research. This was an exciting time for radiation medicine: largely as a result of research on the bomb, techniques were becoming available for radiation treatment of tumours deep in the body and for diagnosing disease by the use of radioactive tracers - the so-called nuclear medicine.
