Evaluating specialist care for young people with cancer was identified as a research priority by the NCRI Teenage and Young…
Strengthening the research workforce through NCRI Group membership
'Dr Simon Mitchell is a member of the Science Subgroup of the NCRI Lymphoma Group and has recently been awarded…
NCRI Lymphoma Group member receives UKRI fellowship
'Congratulations to Dr Simon Mitchell, who is a member of the Science Subgroup of the NCRI Lymphoma Group, on being…
Artificial intelligence can help to improve prognosis and treatment for glioblastoma
'In the first study of its kind in cancer, researchers have applied artificial intelligence to measure the amount of muscle…
What should we call patient representatives and advocates?
'The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) has led the way in involving patients, carers and other people with experience of…
UK cancer research could see £167m drop in funding as a result of charity income loss
'Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, cancer research charities are predicting their spending on research could drop by…
Accurate detection of prostate cancer and the crucial role of patient involvement
'The Prostagram trial investigated the use of MRI scans to detect prostate cancer. At present, there is no nationally approved…
The language of cancer and COVID-19 – helpful or harmful?
'Janette Rawlinson is a consumer member of NCRI’s lung cancer advanced disease sub-group and Consumer Forum, steering committee member of…
NCRI’s CTRad to lead COVID RT to study the impact of COVID-19 on radiotherapy
'COVID RT is a national initiative that aims to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK radiotherapy services…
Could drug treatment combined with targeted radiotherapy improve brain mets prognosis?
'Patients with brain metastases are an underserved population Brain metastases occur in 20-40% of all patients with cancer. Brain metastases…
NCRI Groups and Consumers answering unanswered questions in rare cancer
'A rare cancer type with no standard of care Upper tract urothelial cancer is a rare type of cancer that…
Latest radiotherapy news from NCRI
'CTRad 10-year celebration at the 2019 NCRI Conference As part of CTRad’s 10-year anniversary celebrations, a session was hosted at…