Research projects
Complete United Kingdom
General cancer research
Chemotherapy can sometimes stop working, so this project is hoping to better understand why and find ways to give more, better options to cancer patients.
Researcher: Dr Andrew Beekman
Stopping cancer becoming resistant to chemotherapy
Active Spain
Breast cancer
Since breast cancer is one of the most common cancers, researchers are hoping to find vital treatments by targeting a type of cell involved in cancer growth.
Researcher: Dr Joaquín Arribas
Seeking kinder treatments for breast cancer
Active Australia
Melanoma
Melanoma is an aggressive type of skin cancer which can be hard to treat so this project is looking to kick-start a game-changing vaccine which could be a new type of cure.
Researcher: Dr Joanna Groom
Precision vaccines and the potential for better immunotherapies
Complete United Kingdom
Oesophageal cancer
Researchers hope to reveal ways to diagnose oesophageal cancer sooner and help treatments work better by better understanding the earliest stages of the disease.
Researcher: Dr Diana Blaydon
Revealing the earliest signs of oesophageal cancer
Active United Kingdom
Leukaemia
Infant leukaemia is very difficult to treat so researchers are hoping to better understand its unique biology to reveal vital better and kinder treatments.
Researcher: Professor Katrin Ottersbach
Identifying new treatments for infant leukaemia
Active Australia
Leukaemia
This project hopes to reveal new, better, immunotherapy treatments for leukaemia by boosting a different cell in our immune system from other treatments.
Researcher: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
Revealing the role of natural killer cells in cancer immunity
Complete USA
Multiple cancers
Exploring how ‘messages’ sent from cancer cells to other parts of the body might help cancers to spread and whether new cures could stop this process.
Researcher: Dr Inbal Wortzel
A new way to predict and treat the spread of cancer
Complete Australia
Brain cancer
Researchers hope to improve outcomes for brain cancer patients by explore whether tumours with particular mutations can be treated using a targeted therapy
Researcher: Dr Lee Wong
Tackling tough-to-treat brain cancers with new targeted treatments
Active United Kingdom
Neuroblastoma
Lots of cancer drugs cause nasty side effects by affecting healthy cells, so this project is looking for ways to turn on drugs only when they are in the tumour.
Researcher: Professor Robert Falconer
Target acquired: Making ‘prodrugs’ for neuroblastoma that leave healthy cells unharmedWe have funded over £220m of research worldwide since 1979 and cancer survival rates have doubled in that time.
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