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Stephen Bown With Nurses Anita Agyekum Karikari And Uzma Baqar May 2014
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Pioneering a new laser therapy for cancer
Pioneering a new laser therapy for cancer
United Kingdom
Mark Cragg In Lab
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Helping to develop new blood cancer drugs
Helping to develop new blood cancer drugs
United Kingdom
Dr Awen Gallimore
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Clinical trials to stop bowel cancer coming back
Clinical trials to stop bowel cancer coming back
United Kingdom
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Making the most of your donations to start new cures
Making the most of your donations to start new cancer cures
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John Maher Groupshot
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Developing a new type of cancer immunotherapy
Developing a new type of cancer immunotherapy
United Kingdom
Louis Vermeulen
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Using lithium to prevent bowel cancer
The discovery that led to the psychiatric drug lithium being tested as a way to prevent bowel cancer
Netherlands
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Five key risk factors for endometrial cancer that you should know about
Five key risk factors for endometrial cancer that you should know about
Australia
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Your support has been vital in funding my immunotherapy research
I know how it feels to lose a loved one to cancer
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The latest discoveries from our labs:

Breast cancer
New and recent breast cancer breakthroughs

Our research is finding new cures for breast cancer. Find out what new breakthroughs have happened recently in breast cancer research.

Breast cancer
Potential new way to predict breast cancer return after radiotherapy

Thanks to the support of our Curestarters, a team of researchers has identified a molecular signal that could help predict whether early-stage breast cancer might return after radiotherapy.

General cancer research
Researchers use the science behind antidepressants to spark new cancer cure

Thanks to cutting-edge chemistry detective work by Dr Simona Polo, we are one step closer to a brand new treatment for cancer patients. 

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