Scientists have identified the genetic blueprints of 18 previously unknown bacterial species in DNA samples from people with prostate cancer. The study, led by researchers at the University of East ...

Nearly one third (29.2 per cent) of patients with advanced melanoma saw their tumours disappear completely on scans after receiving lifileucel TIL therapy alongside an immune checkpoint inhibitor, ...

Join us We are recruiting two exceptional Group Leaders to join the Division of Cancer Biology and the Centre for In Vivo Modelling (CIVM). This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of cancer ...

Professor Jonathon Pines is Head of the Division of Cell and Molecular Biology at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, where he is working to understand how cells divide through a process called ...

Advocacy engagement: policy and public affairs Our policy priorities Creating a sustainable funding model for research in universities Encouraging international talent to support cancer research ...

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is the joint recipient of a major new Medical Research Council (MRC) grant to advance how sensitive medical imaging data can be used for research. This award ...

The latest major breakthrough in cancer is a drug called capivasertib, which has shown ‘remarkable’ results against advanced breast cancer in its first phase III trial. Results released at the ...

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, strongly welcomes the decision by NICE to recommend the targeted breast cancer drug, capivasertib, in combination with fulvestrant, for treating the most ...

Professor Paul Workman has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the New Year Honours list 2026 for services to cancer research. Previously Chief Executive and President ...

Professor Paul Workman was 37 and already well established as a cancer researcher when his mother, Ena, died aged 68 from a rare bone tumour known as chordoma. About one in a million people are ...

Twenty years ago today, the International Genome Sequencing Consortium published the first detailed analysis of the human genome. The paper appeared online in Nature on 15 February 2001, followed by a ...

Darwinian evolution has influenced and inspired the rapidly growing field of evolutionary medicine that uses evolution to approach the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human diseases. Cancer ...