Topic: Oesophageal cancer

Two over-the-counter, widely available drugs could help cut cases of oesophageal cancer in people at higher risk of the disease.

In this week’s cancer news there’s Brexit plans, viruses being used as treatments, and disagreements over screening for prostate cancer.

In the last of our World Cancer Day series, we explore how oesophageal cancer affects different areas of the world, and look at the reasons behind climbing rates of this disease.

We’re announcing the first winners of our most ambitious science funding awarding ever: The Grand Challenge

For this year’s World Cancer Day we’re looking at how the rates of 4 types of cancer vary around the world, and why.

Meet our new leaders, who are spearheading research to tackle some of the biggest questions we need to answer to help more people survive cancer.

Find out how our new up and coming researchers plan to tackle some of the big scientific questions in cancer.

Our scientists in Cambridge have developed a specialised camera that could help detect precancerous changes that may develop into oesophageal cancer.

Read about how we’re approaching the challenge of understanding and treating lung, pancreatic, oesophageal cancers and brain tumours.

We investigate organoids, the latest way that scientists are growing cancer cells in the lab to help test hundreds of cancer drugs.