Tagging gold nanoparticles with a small dose of radiation has helped researchers trace the precious metal as it delivers a…
Gut microbes linked to immunotherapy response in melanoma patients
Patients with malignant melanoma – whose disease has spread – are more likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment if they…
Adult weight gain could increase cancer risk
Substantial weight gain over many years increases the risk of obesity-related cancers in men by 50 per cent and in…
Understanding cancer worries could break down barriers to seeking help
Recognising the reasons people worry about a potential cancer diagnosis could help ease concern and encourage people with possible cancer…
Brain tumour characteristics could help predict survival in people over 70
Characteristics like seizures, location of the tumour, and pressure in the brain, give insight into length of survival and treatment…
Tumour cells in blood samples could predict prostate cancer spread
Researchers have found a group of circulating tumour cells in prostate cancer patient blood samples which are linked to the…
Clinical Trials trainee scheme a huge success
The Clinical Trials Trainee Scheme was piloted with the NCRI Head & Neck CSG in 2013 and due to the…
NCRI Future of Surgery workshop report now available
“Trials are only as credible as their endpoints.” The first NCRI Future of Surgery workshop took place in May…
NCRI Trustee, Professor Peter Johnson, recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours 2016
Professor Peter Johnson, NCRI Trustee and Cancer Research UK’s chief clinician has been awarded a CBE for services to Medicine…
CTRad review of molecular radiotherapy research in the UK
CTRad has published its review of molecular radiotherapy (MRT) research in the UK. MRT has considerable potential to benefit patients,…
Identifying opportunities to promote progress in molecular radiotherapy research in the UK
NCRI’s Clinical and Translational Radiotherapy Research Working Group (CTRad) has published its review of molecular radiotherapy (MRT) research in the…
A triumph for collaboration in radiotherapy research: landmark paper published by NCRI CTRad
An NCRI CTRad Working Group has published a landmark paper in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology setting out consensus recommendations to…