Press Area

The NCRI Press Office is the main point of contact for journalists throughout the NCRI Cancer Conference. During the event the Press Office issues a number of media releases that cover major topics and papers presented at the Conference.

On request, the NCRI Press Office can also organise one-to-one interviews with key speakers and spokespeople at the Conference, subject to availability.

The Press Office is equipped to meet the needs of all media attending the event - live ISDN interviews will be available, a 24 hour on-call service, private one-to-one briefing rooms and a media suite with broadband access.

The Press Office also offers discounted hotel accommodation for journalists attending the event.

For further details please contact Rachel Gonzaga on 0207 061 8300 or at the NCRI press office.

2009 Conference Press Releases

	8/10/2009	Ten minute talk boosts breast cancer awareness six fold
		NCRI (View website)
	7/10/2009	Experimental drug may work in many cancers
		NCRI (View website)
	7/10/2009	Polite Britons risk late cancer diagnosis
		NCRI (View website)
	7/10/2009	Manchester scientists take on cancer with pioneering radiotherapy treatment
		NCRI (View website)
	7/10/2009	Cardiff scientists take on leukaemia with drugs personalised to individual patients
		NCRI (View website)
	7/10/2009	Knowledge boosts pain killing drugs
		NCRI (View website)
	6/10/2009	Landmark breast cancer trial investigates new technique to predict effectiveness of treatment
		NCRI (View website)
	6/10/2009	New targeted radiotherapy treatment offers hope to cancer patients
		NCRI (View website)
	6/10/2009	Discovery offers hope for new cancer treatments
		NCRI (View website)
	6/10/2009	Therapy combats breast cancer patients’ menopause symptoms
		NCRI (View website)
	5/10/2009	Drug targets cell ‘velcro’ to stop spreading of cancer
		NCRI (View website)
	5/10/2009	Keyhole surgery for bowel cancer on the up, but not yet available to all
		NCRI (View website)
	5/10/2009	A new radiotherapy technique could revolutionise cancer treatment
		NCRI (View website)
	5/10/2009	Cancer Research UK and Astrazeneca to accelerate biomarker research
		NCRI (View website)
	5/10/2009	Wandering breast cancer cells can stay dormant for decades
		NCRI (View website)
	5/10/2009	DNA test could be key to targetting treatments for head and neck cancer
		NCRI (View website)
	5/10/2009	Marie Curie Cancer Care and Cancer Research UK announce new research collaboration
		NCRI (View website)
	4/10/2009	Urgent action needed to reverse downward trend in pathology research
		NCRI (View website)
	3/10/2009	New clinical study shows nutrition after cancer surgery improves patient recovery time and could save the NHS millions
		NCRI (View website)
	28/9/2009	Dying alone - is it all that bad?
		NCRI (View website)