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Scientists identify strategy to make chemotherapy more effective for women with ovarian cancer
7th March 2025
Scientists have discovered a potential way to improve chemotherapy’s effect on ovarian cancer by manipulating specific immune cells around the tumour, potentially offering a way to help thousands of women with ovarian cancer benefit more from standard therapies and potentially delay relapses.
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Scientists discover the ‘roadmap’ that aggressive cancer uses to spread around the body and identify ways to block its escape
14th February 2025
Scientists have discovered a new way to predict which tumours will become aggressive before they metastasise and spread around the body. The findings could help doctors spot which tumours are likely to be aggressive and cause metastatic cancer. They also open new avenues for treating cancer before it spreads.
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Barts Cancer Institute book celebrates two decades of cancer discovery
4th February 2025
Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary Univerity of London, is delighted to announce the publication of a special commemorative book celebrating twenty years of cancer discoveries since the establishment of the institute.
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Protein level predicts immunotherapy response in bowel cancer
16th January 2025
Researchers have shown that the amount of a protein called CD74 can indicate which people with bowel cancer may respond best to immunotherapy.
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Discovery of lingering DNA damage could change our understanding of cancer development
15th January 2025
Dr Michael Spencer Chapman and team have uncovered forms of DNA damage in healthy cells that can persist unrepaired for years
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Surprising ‘two-faced’ cancer gene role supports paradigm shift in predicting disease
3rd January 2025
A genetic fault long believed to drive the development of oesophageal cancer may in fact play a protective role early in the disease, according to new research published in Nature Cancer.
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