Our group's aim is to improve the treatment and survival of children with neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma. The goal of our laboratory is to improve the treatment and survival of ...

Radiotheranostics is an exciting new field that has the potential to transform how cancers are detected and treated. Robbie Lockyer finds out more. Image: Dr Kathy Chung Ying Chan Radiotheranostics is ...

Image: Blood brain barrier from mouse brain tissue. Image provided by the National Cancer Institute. Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) are one of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat childhood cancers.

Scientists have worked out how a protective element of our DNA helps prevent an abnormal genetic event that can lead to cells becoming cancerous. They have shown exactly how telomeres – the protective ...

An immunotherapy treatment helps patients live years longer without their cancer getting worse or coming back, a major phase III trial has found. Pembrolizumab kept cancer at bay for some patients for ...

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for cancers affecting the blood, bone marrow or lymphatic system. Despite being a common cancer that can affect people of any age, it is often not very well understood ...

The overuse of CT scans could cause over 100,000 cases of cancer in the US – with almost 10,000 cases in children, researchers have warned. According to a new modelling study, published in the journal ...

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, strongly welcomes the decision by NICE to recommend the targeted breast cancer drug, capivasertib, in combination with fulvestrant, for treating the most ...

A spit test, where a sample can be collected at home, is more accurate at identifying future risk of prostate cancer for some men than the current standard PSA blood test, a new study reports. Results ...

New research has provided insight into the biological mechanisms that may contribute to poor outcomes in certain cases of neuroblastoma – a cancer that develops in nerve tissue and primarily affects ...

Scientists have shown for the first time that some of the most persistent cancer cells in glioblastoma, a common type of adult brain tumour, rely on a specific enzyme for survival and that inhibiting ...

Image of human melanoma tissue, with melanoma cells in green and purple extracellular matrix fibres arranged perpendicular at the border of the tumour. Credit Oscar Maiques Carlos Scientists have ...