Topic: Clinical trials

Gut bacteria may help some bowel cancers grow. Our Grand Challenge scientists want to see if tinkering with these tiny communities could be a new way to treat cancer.

The first clinical trial testing Owlstone’s Breath Biopsy® technology on a range of cancer types is now open.

Researchers are trying to diagnose lung cancer early through screening, and studying if the benefits of early detection outweigh the harms.

Trial finds prostate radiotherapy plus standard treatment improves survival for some men whose prostate cancer has spread, which could help thousands in the UK.

Guest author, Dr Rosanna Jackson, outlines what scientists are doing to make treatment for one type of childhood leukaemia kinder.

We look at how research could help to adapt and improve treatment for older patients, including inclusive clinical trials and pre-habilitation.

New trials results show that a drug can reduce hearing loss in children treated with the chemo drug cisplatin.

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

In this Science Surgery post we explore the work being done to use existing treatments in other types of cancer.

Patients are at the heart of what we do, so we asked a pancreatic cancer survivor to pick the 2017 cancer research highlights that matter to him.