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Developing a delivery system to improve treatment for aggressive breast cancer
Cancer type
Breast cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Studying the evolution of lung neuroendocrine neoplasms to discover new treatment targets
Cancer type
Lung cancer
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Understanding the development of sarcoma – a rare tissue cancer
Cancer type
Sarcoma
Research goal
How cancer works
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Finding new treatment targets by tackling cancer’s immortality
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer works
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A new way to switch anti-cancer genes back on
Cancer type
Lymphoma
Research goal
How cancer works
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Finding a new treatment for invasive lobular breast cancer
Cancer type
Breast cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Uncovering the cellular decisions that lead to blood cancer
Cancer type
Leukaemia
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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How can healthy cells contribute to aggressive prostate cancer?
Cancer type
Prostate
Research goal
How cancer works
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Understanding ovarian cancer progression and response to chemotherapy
Cancer type
Ovarian cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Finding ways to predict which patients will respond to immunotherapy
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer works
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Starving cancer to stop metastasis
Cancer type
Oral cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Trying to stop the development of kidney cancer in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
Cancer type
Kidney cancer
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Understanding the cause of synovial sarcoma to improve survival
Cancer type
Sarcoma
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Finding new ways to treat neuroblastoma – a common childhood cancer
Cancer type
Neuroblastoma
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Improving the effect of immunotherapies for melanoma skin cancer
Cancer type
Melanoma
Research goal
Improving current treatment
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How can breast cancer be stopped from coming back?
Cancer type
Breast cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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What can the placenta teach us about cancer?
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer works
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Tracking immune cells to improve immunotherapy
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
Improving current treatments
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Overcoming drug resistance in skin cancer
Cancer type
Skin cancer
Research goal
Overcoming treatment resistance
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Investigating the effect of immune therapy on certain immune cells
Cancer type
Melanoma
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Identifying new therapeutic approaches for treatment-resistant bowel cancer
Cancer type
Bowel cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Exploring liver cancer's weak spot as a new target for therapy
Cancer type
Liver cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Touching membranes – understanding how different parts of the cell communicate
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Unravelling the genetic background of oesophageal cancer
Cancer type
Oesophageal cancer
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Epigenetics – exploring one of cancer’s weak spots
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Working together – combining opposing therapies for the greater good
Cancer type
Breast cancer
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Project
A new ground-breaking approach to bile duct cancer and liver cancer
Cancer type
Liver cancer
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Developing a new class of anti-cancer drug
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Studying communication between the powerhouse and the brain of the cell to stop cancer growth
Cancer type
Pancreatic cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Using fruit flies to unravel how cancer starts
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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