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We are are helping to end death and disease caused by cancer, saving more lives by detecting early and personalising treatments. The experiences of patients and their families shape every stage of research and of plans for the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, as we work together to change the story of cancer.

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Cambridge is changing the story of cancer

15 July 2024

Find out about groundbreaking cancer research at Cambridge, including our planned new hospital, how we're studying the earliest stages of cancer, how AI is helping fight the disease, and the patients playing a key role in our work.

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Changemakers in cancer: Oluwasegun Alofaranmi

15 Jul 2024

As a young medical student in Nigeria, Segun was shocked by the disproportionate rate of death from treatable cancers across Africa. To help bring...

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Steve Jackson

Journeys of discovery: Steve Jackson and a life-saving cancer drug

15 Jul 2024

What excites Steve Jackson is understanding how biology works and why it sometimes goes wrong. But what galvanises him is knowing there are people...

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Learning from experience: Patients are vital to advances in tackling cancer

15 Jul 2024

Researchers and clinicians are now welcoming new perspectives: those of people with experience of cancer.

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Changemakers in cancer: Jessica Taylor

15 Jul 2024

Dr Jessica Taylor’s ambition is to change the outcome of paediatric brain cancer. She wants children not just to survive but to survive well.

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Mother and daughter. The mother is a cancer survivor.

Cancer is the public's biggest health concern, survey finds

15 Jul 2024

Two-thirds of the public say they are very or somewhat worried about being told they have cancer – higher than for any other medical condition –...

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AI versus cancer - the Cambridge researchers using machine intelligence to beat disease

15 Jul 2024

‘Game changing’ technology which can predict how patients will respond to cancer treatment is part of a wave of Cambridge research harnessing AI to...

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A little boy with a shaved head is smiling as he is laying on a hospital bed.

Cutting-edge genomic test can improve care of children with cancer

02 Jul 2024

Whole genome sequencing has improved clinical care of some children with cancer in England by informing individual patient care. Research published...

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Changemakers in cancer: Swetha Kannan

05 Jun 2024

Swetha was 12 years old when she decided she would help to unravel the mysteries of cancer. Twelve years later, she's studying for a PhD on cancer...

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Study highlights increased risk of second cancers among breast cancer survivors

25 Apr 2024

Survivors of breast cancer are at significantly higher risk of developing second cancers, including endometrial and ovarian cancer for women and...

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Report highlights inequalities and hidden suffering among people living with breast cancer

15 Apr 2024

Many people with breast cancer ‘systematically left behind’, say researchers in Lancet Commission led by Professor Charlotte Coles.

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Cancer researchers in the laboratory

£9.2m boost for next generation of Cambridge cancer experts

09 Apr 2024

Cancer Research UK has announced £9.2m for Cambridge to train the next generation of doctors and scientists to bring new and better cancer treatments...

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Cancer's climate innovation

04 Apr 2024

An enzyme inspired by brain cancer DNA that has the potential to slash greenhouse gas emissions from the production of nylon won the 2024 Cambridge...

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