Researchers have developed a new tool that could help clinicians diagnose the most common type of breast cancer more accurately and make better treatment decisions. The tool, called EMBeddER (EMBER), ...

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A new study has shown that non-cancerous cells positioned close to tumours can affect how cancer responds to treatment.

We are a world-leading cancer research institute, a charity, and a member institution of the University of London. Public donations and clinical partnerships are helping us to make the discoveries ...

The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at the ICR receives funding from the charity Breast Cancer Now, and was opened in 1999 by Breast Cancer Now's Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales. The ...

A new study has provided novel insights into the effects of radiation on the immune cells surrounding breast cancer tumours. The findings show that the relationship between these cells, known as the ...

We are a world-leading cancer research institute, a charity, and a member institution of the University of London. Public donations and clinical partnerships are helping us to make the discoveries ...

An innovative study has uncovered two genes that promote the formation of prostate tumours. Both genes activate a signalling pathway that plays a part in the growth, division and death of cells and is ...

Cell Division Jon Pines Why do cells always destroy cyclin A before cyclin B?”. Cyclin A has protein interaction motifs to ensure that it is degraded as soon as cells enter mitosis. We have used ...

We were the first in Europe to develop chemotherapeutic agents, and we discovered, and with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust developed, the chemotherapy drugs busulfan, chlorambucil, melphalan ...

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The Institute of Cancer Research believes that animal research is essential to understand how cancers develop and behave within a whole organism, and how to treat it effectively. We use animal studies ...