Life moves pretty fast, but AI moves even faster. Just two years ago, people were still poking fun at AI models for failing to count the number of r’s in the word strawberry. Now, we’re wondering if ...

Researchers’ discovery of the BRCA genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, has allowed us to think differently about cancer. When the genes were discovered over 30 years ago, scientists finally had the evidence to ...

Understanding who develops pancreatic cancer requires linking lifetime exposures to their biology. Here, Núria Malats explores how molecular epidemiology could help us understand the exposome and ...

Our new stats show a staggering variation in treatment plans for women diagnosed with womb cancer across England.

Human bowel cancer cells. Annie Cavanagh. Source: Wellcome Collection. Childhood exposure to a toxin produced by E. coli could be contributing to the rise of bowel cancer in under-50s, according to ...

GcMAF still being sold as a ‘cancer cure’; most countries get more calories from alcohol than sugary drinks and nose-to-tail eating might increase cancer risk?

This is the third instalment of our series on health inequalities, where we explore the unfair and avoidable differences in cancer incidence and outcomes across society. Our last post looked at ...

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series International researchers Series Navigation << Why the Government needs to do more to attract international researchers Cancer research at risk: the growing ...

Thanks to advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, more than one million deaths have been avoided in the UK since the mid-1980s.* But progress like this doesn’t come easily – not when ...

Every year, the world’s cancer researchers gather in Chicago for the biggest date in their calendar: the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting. ASCO is where cancer scientists ...

Whether it’s enjoying the garden, walking the dog or heading off on holiday, many of us look forward to spending time in the sunshine. A bit of sun can lift our mood and help our bodies make vitamin D ...

For more than a decade, a multidisciplinary group of experts, including academics, clinicians and data experts, from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) have been reporting on the ...