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Trial results, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Professor Tim Eisen (Department of Oncology and CRUK Cambridge Centre Urological Malignancies Programme), have concluded that active observation remains the best care for kidney cancer patients after surgery. Over 1,700 patients participated in the double-...

‘Sponge on a string’ test to transform oesophageal cancer diagnosis A ‘sponge on a string’ pill test has been hailed a ‘game-changer’ by Cambridge cancer doctors after results from a hugely successful 3 year trial were published in the medical journal published in The Lancet on 31 July 2020. The trial results for the...

Connecting cancer researchers across the UK The CRUK Open Lab Initiative connects cancer researchers using an online ‘matchmaking’ platform, rather like a dating website. Research groups with mutual or complementary interests and expertise are matched together to spark creative discussions, generate novel scientific ideas...

Professor Richard Gilbertson (Head of Department of Oncology and Director of CRUK Cambridge Centre) would like to bring to your attention an important paper recently published in Nature Medicine, co-authored by Carlos Caldas (Department of Oncology), . Cambridge and six other leading cancer centres across Europe have...