Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

It's time to assemble your #FootballShirtFriday squad - as it's back on 25 April! 👕⚽ Whether you're at work, school, or joining video calls from home, join us by wearing your best football shirt, sharing a snap on socials and donating to help tackle bowel cancer. 100% of the money raised funds life-saving bowel cancer research through the Bobby Moore Fund ❤ Sign your team up today: https://cruk.ink/3XU2iEH #FootballShirtFriday #BobbyMooreFund

We’re delighted that our About Cancer website pages have passed the Patient Information Forum’s #PIFTick accreditation for another year! This means we’re an accredited provider of trusted patient and health information. You can find out more about why we’ve been labelled as a trusted information creator, and what this means, here: https://lnkd.in/eWq5gjA

Our scientists have created an algorithm that could help pave the way for more personalised cancer treatments ‼   A team of scientists at University of Cambridge have developed PRRDetect, an algorithm that acts like a ‘metal detector’ to find vulnerable tumours. It’s able to pinpoint patterns of mutation in cancer cells and could help identify the patients that might benefit most from immunotherapy. Find out how 👇

Dr Masahiro Ono at Imperial College London is working to develop ways to activate immune cells more effectively in the lab, so that we can make immunotherapy treatments more successful for people with melanoma. Immunotherapies are a powerful tool in cancer treatment, helping the immune system recognise and attack cancer cells. However, these therapies don’t currently work for everyone. By studying how immune cells interact with melanoma cancer cells, this research could be key in offering better outcomes in the future. We're proud to fund this important work and have just renewed our partnership with Beiersdorf for a further two years, who will also be helping to fund Dr Ono's pioneering immunotherapy research. For more than 12 years, Cancer Research UK and Beiersdorf have worked together, raising over £8 million to fund life-saving skin cancer research. This latest funding is another important step in cancer treatments. Thank you, Beiersdorf, for your continued and impactful support. Together we are beating cancer.

Vaccinations have been a game changer in the medical world and human health. They’ve helped protect us from measles and mumps, polio, and most recently COVID-19. Vaccines even eradicated smallpox, one of the deadliest diseases in human history. Can they do something similar for cancer? In the first two episodes of Series Three of our podcast, #ThatCancerConversation, our host Sophie Wedekind explores this fascinating area of research with specialists in the field 👇 #CancerVaccines #Vaccines #CancerTreatment #DrugDevelopment #Podcast #Health

Dr. Lennard Lee- DPhil, FRCP shares the fascinating and innovative research around cancer vaccines, following on from the COVID-19 vaccine development 🗨 In our latest episode of #ThatCancerConversation, we speak to Dr Lennard Lee, associate professor at University of Oxford and chief medical officer of the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford, as well as co-founder of the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad. We also speak to our chief director of research and innovation, and chief executive of Cancer Research Horizons, Dr Iain Foulkes, about how we're playing a role in this ‘golden era’ of cancer treatments. Watch That Cancer Conversation on YouTube: https://cruk.ink/3XJyPgJ You can also listen on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 #Podcast #Health #Learn #CancerVaccines #DrugDevelopment #Cancer #Oncology

We're delighted that the Tobacco and Vapes Bill has passed its Third Reading in Parliament. This historic legislation, which will progressively raise the age of sale for tobacco, will now start its journey through the House of Lords and we urge peers to back the Bill. Nothing would have a bigger impact on reducing the number of preventable deaths caused by cancer than by ending smoking. But, if we are to realise the ambition for a #SmokefreeUK, we also want to see Scotland and Wales join Northern Ireland in introducing Legislative Consent Motions in support of the Bill to help ensure that young people across the whole of the UK are protected from the harms of smoking in the future. Read more 👉 https://cruk.ink/3DYUxGL

That Cancer Conversation is back! 🎙 Our podcast brings together the science and stories behind cancer for a third series, and episode one is available now! In Episode One Sophie and Dr Heather Shaw, a skin cancer clinician and researcher at UCL, deep dive into all things cancer vaccines 🔬 Listen to That Cancer Conversation on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 #ThatCancerConversation #Podcast #Health #UCL

Teenage Cancer Trust Lead Nurse Karen and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Senior Research Nurse Ben hosted a visit for Chi Onwurah MP at our unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle today. Chi heard about the collaborative TYAR.org website they created alongside young people looking to increase young people's participation in cancer clinical trials. She also toured the unit, meeting with some amazing young people to chat about their experiences and the impact of Teenage Cancer Trust.

We’re thrilled to announce an 18-month research project, commissioned to a team from the University of Cambridge and UCL, led by Professor Nora Pashayan. The team will be delving into the evidence to better understand which types of cancer do or don't progress. By deepening our understanding of cancer progression, this work will support more informed discussions with policymakers, academics and clinicians, improving early diagnosis while minimising overdiagnosis. A role within the Cambridge team is available (deadline 24 March) - please share with your connections: bit.ly/4haPsZr Together we can make a real difference to the future of cancer diagnosis and treatment. #CancerResearch #ResearchJobs #ResearchCareers #InnovationInHealth