Cancer

Topic description and stories

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.

Professor Jean Abraham speaking to a patient

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.

Watching cancer cells eat, breathe and die

04 Jan 2010

Cancer cells can now be viewed as never before, thanks to cutting-edge imaging tools being developed in Cambridge.

Cambridge Cancer Centre: the vision

04 Jan 2010

Professor Sir Bruce Ponder describes the vision of a Cambridge-wide initiative to link world-class cancer research to improved patient care.

Beacons of life and death: chromatin and cancer

01 Jan 2010

A new generation of cancer therapeutics is on the horizon thanks to fresh light being shed on how genes are switched on and off.

Hutchison/MRC Research Centre

01 Jan 2010

Fundamental research is pioneering innovative approaches to cancer diagnosis and treatment at the Hutchison/MRC Research Centre.

Metastatic Breast Cancer in Pleural Fluid

Scientists pinpoint breast cancer ‘guard’ gene

06 Oct 2009

Scientists are close to discovering how normal breast cells become cancerous, according to research published today.

Cambridge graduate wins Nobel Prize in medicine

05 Oct 2009

Elizabeth Blackburn, an alumna of Darwin College and a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University earlier this year, has been...