Last month’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting kicked off with a presentation from Professor Ruth Plummer, a medical oncologist from Newcastle in the UK who, in 2003, was
Cancer Research UK has announced it will study Plexxikon’s dual kinase inhibitor PLX7486 in combination with gemcitabine in advanced pancreatic cancer as part of its Combinations Alliance.<
Researchers have found that a genetic test can successfully predict whether chemotherapy would be beneficial for patients with the most common type of breast cancer – oestrogen-receptor pos
Cancer Research UK and Owlstone Medical have launched a clinical trial to develop a breath test that could detect cancer at an early stage – the first test of its kind to investigate multip
Between 2005 and 2010 AstraZeneca‘s success rates for taking drugs from candidate nomination to phase III completion were at 4%, below an already-low industry standard of 5%.
AstraZeneca and Cancer Research UK are collaborating to launch a centre of excellence in genetic screening, cancer modelling and big data processing that will develop CRISPR technology to b