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  1. Press Release: Trial to test experimental drug for advanced pancreatic cancer

    2 Sep 2010

    Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office has launched a clinical trial to test an experimental drug in patients with advanced (Stage IV) pancreatic cancer - one of the most difficult cancers to treat.

  2. Press Release: Half of Brits got sunburnt this year and many would do it again

    1 Sep 2010

    A NEW survey released today (Wednesday 1 September) reveals almost half of Brits (46 per cent) got sunburnt this year. Of those who got burnt, a third (32 per cent) admitted their motivation was to get a tan. And half of those who burnt whilst trying to get a tan would risk burning again next year.

  3. Press Release: Oesophageal cancer rates in men up 50 per cent in a generation

    28 Aug 2010

    Oesophageal cancer rates in men have risen by 50 per cent over the last 25 years, according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK today.

  4. News story: Trial drug 'effective' against cancers with faulty BRAF gene

    26 Aug 2010

    An experimental drug designed to treat cancers with a particular genetic fault has shown promising results in a small clinical trial.

  5. News story: NICE recommends bortezomib and thalidomide for multiple myeloma

    26 Aug 2010

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has released draft guidance which recommends the drugs bortezomib and thalidomide as first-line therapies for some patients with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that affects cells in the bone marrow.