Cancer and research information
Understanding bowel cancer screening
Discover how bowel cancer screening saves lives, where it falls short globally, and how research like ours is helping to detect cancer earlier and move toward cures.
What do the different stages of bowel cancer mean?
Discover what each stage of bowel cancer means and how Curestarter support is helping research to transform treatment from early detection to advanced cancer breakthroughs.
How do targeted therapies treat cancer?
Targeted cancer therapies work in a very different way to most other cancer treatments. But what are they and how exactly do they work? How is our research helping to make targeted therapy a reality for thousands of patients?
Cancer stages and grades explained – what they mean and why they matter
Cancer terminology can be complex and confusing. Find out more about cancer staging and grading and what that means, how it's done, and why it's important.
What are incurable cancers?
Discover what incurable cancer means, which cancers are hardest to cure, and how research is offering new hope through life-extending treatments.
Why is cancer research important?
We explore why cancer research matters, how it leads to new treatments and cures, and why funding early stage discoveries is vital for a future when no life is cut short by cancer.
Why haven't we cured pancreatic cancer yet?
Pancreatic cancer is a type of cancer that has seen some improvements in survival rates but it continues to be one of the most difficult types of cancer to diagnose and treat. Why is that the case?
How is radiotherapy used to treat cancer?
Radiotherapy is one of the UK’s most commonly used cancer treatments. But what is it, how does it work, and how is research making radiotherapy better, and kinder?