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Tackling tumour scar tissue could be key to treating pancreatic cancer
11th February 2019
The first study in the world to take a detailed look at scar tissue in human pancreatic cancer has revealed a range of different scar tissue types that could help clinicians predict which patients will respond best to particular treatments.
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Immune cells found as accomplices in melanoma spread
31st January 2019
A new study published today in Cell has revealed that aggressive melanoma cells are able to manipulate the immune system to their advantage. As a result, immune cells that are supposed to recognise and destroy cancer cells actually behave differently and support the growth and spread of the tumour.
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‘The neighbouring effect’: Centrosomal abnormalities drive invasion of surrounding cells
19th November 2018
Centrosomal amplification, a particular change that occurs within some cancer cells, has been shown to drive the invasion of neighbouring cancer cells.
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New phase III clinical trial using combination therapy extends survival in triple-negative breast cancer
22nd October 2018
Research provides new hope for people with an aggressive type of breast cancer.
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Immunotherapy shows promise for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
17th October 2018
Immunotherapy has been shown to confer an encouraging survival benefit in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC).
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Study links widely-used drug azathioprine to skin cancers
14th September 2018
A drug used to treat inflammatory bowel disease and arthritis, and prevent organ rejection in transplant patients, has been identified as an important contributor to skin cancer development in a study by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, including our Barts Cancer Research UK Centre (BCC) Bioinformatics team, the University of Dundee and the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
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