New research reveals that the most common type of oesophageal cancer, oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), is composed of four distinct subtypes—each of which may benefit from different treatment approaches.
February is Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month. At Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, a key area of research focus is on a condition that can precede oesophageal cancer called Barrett’s oesophagus.
Dr Stuart McDonald from our Centre for Tumour Biology has been announced by Cancer Research UK as a member of a global research team funded through its Grand Challenge competition- an international funding initiative that aims to answer some of the biggest questions facing cancer research.