CRUK Science Blog

News digest – specialist prostate cancer scans, HPV vaccine catch up, breast cancer risk and surgery gel spray 

15 Dec 2018

The new Cancer Drugs Fund has quietly reached a significant milestone

14 Dec 2018

News digest – lung cancer screening study, 100,000 genomes sequenced, NHS proton beam therapy and a ‘universal cancer blood test’

8 Dec 2018

Blood test

Lung cancer screening part 2: research into detection technology could lead to better tests

6 Dec 2018

blood samples

‘Universal fingerprint’ in cancer DNA points to potential blood test. But it’s not ready for patients

5 Dec 2018

Lung cancer CT scan

Lung cancer screening part 1: the benefits and harms according to clinical trials

4 Dec 2018

News digest – cancer survival, cervical screening, immunotherapy on the NHS and US targeted drug approval

1 Dec 2018

Image of a lung biopsy sample stained to reveal immune 'hotspots' next to a map of London showing crime levels.

Science Snaps: spotting lung cancers’ ‘crime hotspots’

26 Nov 2018

Immune cells

News digest – junk food ad ban, cancer-killing viruses, immunotherapy on the NHS and sugar supplements

24 Nov 2018

Sugar supplement slows cancer growth in mice, but patients shouldn’t rush to health food shops

21 Nov 2018

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