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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.

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.

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Pipette

Womb and prostate cancer link revealed

18 Apr 2011

Scientists have carried out the first ever genome scan for womb cancer and discovered a genetic region that reduces risk of the disease, according to...

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Adenocarcinoma of Pancreas, FNA

Cambridge launches new Pancreatic Cancer Centre

28 Mar 2011

A multi-disciplinary centre of excellence which aims to bring cutting-edge pancreatic research from the bench to the bedside is launched.

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needles

Middle aged diabetics can die six years earlier

14 Mar 2011

Having diabetes in mid-life may reduce a person’s life expectancy by an average of six years, according to a large, multinational study coordinated...

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alveolicells

New cell death mechanism has implications for breast cancer treatments

25 Feb 2011

A novel mechanism of cell death that occurs in mammalian organisms has been revealed by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

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Addenbrookes Cancer Research Centre

Clinical trial cancer research open day

29 Oct 2010

Patients who have benefited from life saving experimental cancer treatments will join world class researchers for a public open day.

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liver cells

Liver cells created from patients’ skin cells

25 Aug 2010

<p>Research paves way for new liver disease research and possibly cell-based therapy.<br />  

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Small chemical fragments

Small is beautiful in drug discovery

01 May 2010

Cambridge scientists are employing fragment-based drug discovery approaches - a technique that involves "growing" potent drugs from tiny chemical...

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Lymphoma

Cut-and-paste cancer: lymphoma’s genetic blueprint

04 Jan 2010

Researchers in the Department of Pathology have established precisely how the ‘cutting and pasting’ of genetic material from one chromosome to...

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Stem cells

Understanding how cancer cells grow

04 Jan 2010

Cambridge scientists are asking what role stem cells play in how cancer develops, spreads and relapses.

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Pancreatic Tumour

Smart testing for smart drugs

04 Jan 2010

Can better decisions be made about which anticancer drugs to progress to clinical trials?

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Cards

Cancer: what's on the cards?

04 Jan 2010

Scientists at Strangeways Research Laboratory are leading the search for the ‘genetic cards’ that determine an individual’s risk of cancer.

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Data mining

Data mining the complex cancer landscape

04 Jan 2010

Computational biology is helping scientists to navigate through the data deluge generated from the analysis of cancer genomes.

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