Cancer type

We’ve helped Google Health with AI research which has the potential to improve breast cancer screening and save the NHS time and money.

Poo is an important source of clues when it comes to detecting bowel cancer early. We chat to some of our researchers who are using poo to understand more about what’s going on in the gut.

A number of cancer types can be detected in pee. We speak to our scientists who are developing urine tests that aim to detect bladder and pancreatic cancer earlier.

The Personalised Breast Cancer Programme in Cambridge is pioneering ways to tackle hard-to-treat breast cancer.

Our new stats show a staggering variation in treatment plans for women diagnosed with womb cancer across England.

New lung cancer research shows that detecting potential tumour cells leaving the vein in the lung at surgery may predict the diseases return.

Through our new research strategy, we’re determined to improve survival and reduce long-term side effects for children and young people with cancer.

Our latest Science Surgery instalment answers the question, ‘Does cancer affect the future development of children?’

‘The word ‘legacy’ is often overused, but not about the late Baroness Tessa Jowell’. Michelle Mitchell reflects on Cancer Research UK’s new brain tumour funding.

For almost all skin cancers, the environmental carcinogen is sunlight, according to Professor Richard Marais. Here’s how scientists uncovered the link.