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Blood test could predict response of HPV-positive head and neck cancer to treatment

21/09/17

Researchers have developed a blood test that can detect whether patients with a type of locally advanced (non-metastatic) head and neck cancer have residual tumours after chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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ICR reacts to decision to make the immunotherapy nivolumab available on the Cancer Drugs Fund for non-small cell lung cancers

20/09/17

The ICR responds to the announcement by NICE that the immunotherapy nivolumab (Opdivo) will now be made available on the Cancer Drugs Fund for non-small cell lung cancers.
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Whole-body scans benefit people with highest inherited cancer risk

19/09/17

People with a gene mutation that confers a very high risk of cancer would benefit from a whole-body MRI scan to detect the disease early, a new study reports.
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Testing metabolites in blood predicts success of skin cancer treatment

18/09/17

Testing for a panel of metabolites in the blood can pick out which patients are likely to respond to a drug for skin cancer, new research reports.
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The ICR pays tribute to researcher James Morden

15/09/17

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has paid tribute to the life of James Morden, a senior medical statistician in the Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit (ICR-CTSU), who was tragically killed at the weekend.
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New software can correct systematic 'batch effects' error in research data

07/09/17

Researchers have developed a new way to identify and correct for a type of systematic statistical error, known as 'batch effects', in large datasets.
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ICR responds to Government’s policy paper on science and innovation after Brexit

06/09/17

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has issued the following statement from Chief Executive Professor Paul Workman in response to a new policy paper by the Department for Exiting the European Union on the government's plans for science and innovation after Brexit.
Breast cancer cells (green) invading through a layer of fibroblasts (red). (Luke Henry / the ICR, 2009)
New approach could better predict breast cancer risk due to family history

05/09/17

Scientists funded by Breast Cancer Now and Cancer Research UK have demonstrated a more accurate method to assess a woman’s familial risk of breast cancer, which could one day be added to existing models to help better predict an individual’s overall risk of breast cancer.
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The ICR responds to Sir John Bell's Life Sciences Industrial Strategy

30/08/17

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, today responds to the publication of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy. The ICR responded to the UK Government’s January 2017 green paper proposing how they intend to build a modern industrial strategy.
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Bowel cancer study reveals impact of mutations on protein networks

29/08/17

For the first time, scientists have completed a detailed study of many of the proteins in bowel cancer cells.
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Professor Johann de Bono to chair NCRI Cancer Conference

29/08/17

The ICR’s Professor Johann de Bono will take the prestigious position of Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 2017 National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) annual conference in Liverpool this November.
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Tributes for pioneering ICR radiotherapy scientist Dr Roy Bentley

25/08/17

Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, have paid tribute to their former colleague and radiotherapy pioneer Dr Roy Bentley, who sadly died last month.