A new study has revealed a promising therapeutic strategy for pancreatic cancer, offering new hope for people living with this disease. The findings showed that a combination of two existing ...

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Image: DNA sequence. Credit: The Institute of Cancer Research, London. A spit test, where a sample can be collected at home, is more accurate at identifying future risk of prostate cancer for one ...

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 ...

A new type of blood test can predict the recurrence of breast cancer in high-risk patients, months or even years before they relapse, research has shown. A team from The Institute of Cancer Research, ...

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 ...

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A spit test, where a sample can be collected at home, is more accurate at identifying future risk of prostate cancer for some men than the current standard PSA blood test, a new study reports. Results ...