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c-coles.jpg A Lancet Commission led by Professor Charlotte Coles, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, UK, a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Professor and Oncology Consultant at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has reported that many people with breast cancer...

New research has shown that the underlying genetic background influences how people respond to cigarette smoke and can affect lung cancer risk. This study, published in Genome Medicine (link is external) , involved analysis of differences in gene expression in cells lining the nose of smokers with and without lung cancer...

Daniel Muñoz Espín wins PROSE award Congratulations to Daniel Muñoz Espín (Department of Oncology, Early Cancer Institute), whose new book has been awarded a prestigious PROSE award by the Association of American publishers. Since 1976 the PROSE awards have been honouring scholarly works in a number of categories across...

ccrh_main_entrance.png A full planning application to build a new specialist cancer research hospital for the region on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus has been submitted to Cambridge City Council. The Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital (CCRH) project will change the story of cancer for patients and their families, by...