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Focus on urinary problems impacts effective prostate cancer diagnosis

4 August 2022

Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men. According to Cancer Research UK, over 52,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year and there are more than 12,000 deaths. Over three-quarters (78%) of men diagnosed with the disease survive for over ten years, but this proportion has barely changed over...

CRUK Open Lab Initiative connects cancer researchers across the UK

21 July 2022

The Cancer Research UK Open Lab Initiative connects research groups with shared interests to spark discussion, stimulate fresh ideas and generate new collaborations. It aims to help teams who are looking for new opportunities to exchange scientific ideas and interact more closely with other cancer research groups. They are...

Prof Serena Nik-Zainal part of international team to receive Cancer Grand Challenge Award

16 June 2022

Professor Serena Nik-Zainal is one of the Cambridge scientists who will receive around £4m as part of Cancer Grand Challenges , a major initiative co-founded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute in the US, which aims to encourage the world’s leading cancer researchers to take on some of the toughest...

Rebecca Fitzgerald receives OBE in 2022 Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours

7 June 2022

Many congratulations to Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald for being awarded an OBE in the 2022 Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours List.

Professor Serena Nik-Zainal elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences

16 May 2022

Congratulations to Serena Nik-Zainal who has been elected a Fellow of the prestigious European Academy of Cancer Sciences.

Cambridge early detection researcher announced as a Fellow of the Royal Society

10 May 2022

Professor Douglas Easton is one of three CRUK Cambridge Centre members to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2022. Doug is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge and a member of the Early Cancer Institute. Nine Cambridge scientists are among the new fellows, who are selected for their outstanding contributions to science.

Harveer Dev receives Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award

14 December 2021

Dr Harveer Dev, CRUK Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Speciality Registrar in Urology has received one of the 2021 Young Investigator Awards from the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF).

Serena Nik-Zainal awarded an NIHR Research Professorship

18 November 2021

Serena Nik-Zainal, Professor of Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics, has been announced as one of eight leading health and care researchers to gain the highly competitive NIHR Research Professorship award.

Irene Debiram-Beecham highly commended in RCN awards

13 October 2021

Congratulations to Irene Debiram-Beecham for being Highly Commended at this year’s Excellence in Cancer Research Nursing RCN Nursing Awards. Irene, principal research nurse in the Early Detection Programme and ACED Clinic Cambridge Coordinator, led on the rapid clinical implementation of the Cytosponge test during the pandemic when endoscopy services were severely reduced. She developed a new robust training programme and provided ongoing support for nurses, clinicians and health care professionals across the UK.

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald receives the Don Listwin Award

7 October 2021

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald has received the Don Listwin Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Early Detection. Fitzgerald is a Clinician Scientist internationally recognised for her exceptional research into the prevention and detection of oesophageal cancers, in particular her work to develop the Cytosponge - a simple but ingenious way to test for Barrett’s oesophagus - a condition that can be a precursor to oesophageal cancer.

Focus on urinary problems impacts effective prostate cancer diagnosis

CRUK Open Lab Initiative connects cancer researchers across the UK

Prof Serena Nik-Zainal part of international team to receive Cancer Grand Challenge Award

Rebecca Fitzgerald receives OBE in 2022 Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours

Professor Serena Nik-Zainal elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences

Cambridge early detection researcher announced as a Fellow of the Royal Society

Harveer Dev receives Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award

Serena Nik-Zainal awarded an NIHR Research Professorship

Irene Debiram-Beecham highly commended in RCN awards

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald receives the Don Listwin Award

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