Could tumour diversity be resulting in poor treatment outcomes? Despite many years of clinical research into lung cancer, the outcomes…
Making informed decisions in the event of myeloma relapse
'Treating relapsed myeloma Around 5,700 people are diagnosed with myeloma in the UK each year. As there is no cure…
Establishing a resource for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia researchers
'Biobanks give researchers access to biological material and clinical data on a scale that individual researchers would not be able…
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…
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 upper tract urothelial cancer
'A rare cancer type with no standard of care Upper tract urothelial cancer is a rare type of cancer that…
Improving survival in women with poor-prognosis ovarian cancer
'Around 7,500 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the UK each year. This makes ovarian cancer the 6th most…
Two trials for brain metastases developed following Brain Metastases Workshop
'Brain metastases occur when cancer cells spread from their original site to the brain. Any cancer can spread to the…
Quick and efficient testing of prostate cancer treatments, changing trial design and clinical practice
'Lack of treatments and evidence As recently as ten years ago, despite many new drugs being approved for use in…
Reducing the number of prostate biopsies by improving diagnosis
'Addressing problems with prostate cancer diagnosis To diagnose prostate cancer, PSA (prostate specific antigen) levels in the blood are used…
Reducing the prostate cancer treatment burden on both patients and the health service
'Radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer Standard radiotherapy for prostate cancer is an important and effective treatment, but until recently involved…
Dramatically reducing the need for surgery in head and neck cancer
'Surgery as the standard of care to monitor head and neck cancer The PET-NECK study set out to investigate if…