Genes - A to Z

Genes is a sub-category of Causes of cancer

• Bladder cancer - molecular biology and genetics
• Causes of cancer - Inherited gene faults
• Chromosomes, genes and proteins
• Dr Janet Risk
• Genes and cancer
• How do our genes affect our risk of cancer?
• New targets for diagnosis and treatment
• Our impact on breast cancer
• Prof David Lane
• Prof Nick Lemoine
• Prof Richard Marais
• Prof Tony Kouzarides
• What causes cancer?

• Cancer genes
• Childhood cancer - diagnosis and treatment
• Clinical cancer genetics
• Family history - when cancer runs in the family
• History and summary of cancer genetics
• Inherited cancer risk
• Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma risk factors
• Prof Alan Clarke
• Prof Maggie Knowles
• Prof Paul Harkin
• Prof Roland Wolf
• What are we made of?

• Press Release: Women with faulty BRCA genes more likely to survive ovarian cancer
  24 January 2012
• News story: US researchers identify possible 'high risk' prostate cancer gene
  11 January 2012
• News story: Scientists move a step closer to targeting key cancer process
  9 December 2011
• Press Release: Gene silencing paves way to new treatments for breast cancer
  20 October 2011
• News story: Scientists find first ever 'gene fusion' in ovarian cancer
  21 September 2011
• News story: Inherited genetic variation linked to aggressive prostate cancers
  18 August 2011
• Press Release: Genetic link to rare brain tumour discovered
  31 July 2011
• News story: Scientists uncover role gene plays in small cell lung cancer
  21 July 2011
• Press Release: Projects launched to crack the cancer code
  13 July 2011
• News story: Detailed 'genetic landscape' of ovarian cancer revealed
  1 July 2011

• News story: Gene offers clue to cause of oesophageal cancer
  19 January 2012
• News story: New genetic fault linked to lung cancer in non-smokers
  22 December 2011
• Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches nine high-tech gene projects
  18 November 2011
• Press Release: Gene testing young prostate cancer patients could help target treatment
  12 October 2011
• News story: Scientists divide ependymoma brain tumours into two types
  25 August 2011
• News story: Gene faults linked to common type of brain tumour
  5 August 2011
• News story: Gene mutations linked to diseases of the oesophagus
  26 July 2011
• News story: Cancer Research UK scientist honoured by the Royal Society
  19 July 2011
• Press Release: Scientists unlock further prostate cancer secrets
  10 July 2011
• News story: Italian scientists reveal genetic root of rare form of leukaemia
  11 June 2011

• January 2007 podcast