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How cancer evolves sheds light on origin of breast cancer subtypes

31/03/14

ICR researchers find that multiple forms of breast cancer can originate from a single cell type, which could change how we target and treat the disease.
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Statement in reaction to new proposals from NICE on end of life criteria

27/03/14

The ICR highlights the importance of the end of life criteria in the way NICE makes recommendations on new medicines, as it is important for cancer patients to access life-extending drugs.
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High-tech ultrasound scan could match tumour tracking power of CyberKnife

27/03/14

A new type of ultrasound imaging could potentially follow tumour movements as well as the X-ray tracking used in the sophisticated radiotherapy technology CyberKnife, allowing precise targeting of radiation doses, new research concludes.
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Gut bacteria clinical study could help reduce radiotherapy side-effects

24/03/14

ICR researchers will examine how gut bacteria influences the side-effects patients experience after radiotherapy, in the first clinical study of its type.
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Prof Andrew Tutt to head Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre

21/03/14

Leading expert in clinical trials and targeted therapies for breast cancer joins the ICR as Centre Director for the Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre
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Gene test finds breast cancer patients who may benefit from longer therapy

20/03/14

Some postmenopausal women with ER+ breast cancer may benefit from ten years of hormone therapy instead of five, says ICR researcher.
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Cancer study sheds new light on premature menopause

19/03/14

Around two per cent of women with primary ovarian insufficiency – the medical term for a permanent halt in menstruation occurring naturally before the age of 40 – are affected by changes to a particular gene, a study has shown.
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ICR scientists pioneer new skin cancer elastography imaging

17/03/14

Institute of Cancer Research scientists have developed a new technique to analyse skin lesions by looking at how tissues move when they are stretched.
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Prof Alan Ashworth appointed Director of UCSF Helen Diller Cancer Center

17/03/14

Chief exec who reinforced the ICR's position among the world's top cancer research centres will lead San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center from 2015.
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Study sheds new light on DNA repair

16/03/14

A major study has given a new insight into how DNA is repaired – a fundamentally important process in all forms of life and diseases including cancer.
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New imaging approach fast tracks drug testing for incurable prostate cancer

14/03/14

Scientists have developed a new way to test the effectiveness of a drug for prostate cancer that has spread to the bone, which is currently incurable.
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ICR researcher wins Biochemical Society Centenary award

14/03/14

Professor Chris Marshall, Head of the Division of Cancer Biology, has won the prestigious Biochemical Society Centenary Award 2015.