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Immune cells hunt down cancer around the body – discovery could lead to personalised treatments for advanced breast cancer
2 May 2024
Scientists have discovered the key features of immune B cells which make them successful at targeting tumours – including when cancer has spread to a different part of the body.
Cancer study seeks help from ethnic minority women
22 November 2023
Women from ethnic minority backgrounds with a personal connection to breast cancer are being asked to join a new group to support a study aiming to improve patients’ experiences.
New Study Offers Hope in Early Detection of Breast Cancer
24 August 2023
A team of researchers led by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, have developed a new model that reliably predicts a woman's likelihood of developing and then dying of breast cancer within a decade.
Women diagnosed with early breast cancer today are much less likely to die from the disease than 20 years ago
14 June 2023
A study conducted by researchers at Oxford Population Health has found that women who are diagnosed with early stage breast cancer today are 66% less likely to die from the disease within five years of diagnosis than they were 20 years ago.
Introducing minimum tumour-free margins in breast cancer surgery may reduce recurrence and improve survival
5 October 2022
A study co-authored by Dr David Dodwell has recommended that surgeons should aim to remove a 1mm wide margin of healthy tissue around a breast tumour to try to reduce the risk of cancer returning and improve breast cancer survival rates worldwide.
Dairy products linked to increased risk of cancer
6 May 2022
The first major study to investigate dairy consumption and cancer risk in Chinese adults found that greater intake was associated with higher risks of liver cancer and female breast cancer.
Funding to develop a new device for breast cancer detection
4 April 2022
Professor Jason Davis has been awarded a Cancer Research UK Early Detection and Diagnosis Primer Award to develop a single-step, ultra-sensitive device for detecting breast cancer cells in the blood.
Adiposity in early life, but not adulthood, may protect against breast cancer
8 March 2022
New data from the Million Women Study indicates that adiposity at different life stages is likely to affect the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer through distinct mechanisms.
UK-first cancer operation in Oxford
4 March 2022
A UK-first operation that replaced the sternum of a cancer patient using the chest wall of a deceased donor has been carried out at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH).
Toral Gathani awarded Professorship for work into ethnicity and breast cancer
1 February 2022
Toral Gathani has been awarded a prestigious Hunterian Professorship (2022) by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The award recognises her work on ethnicity and breast cancer.
Mechanism behind repair of cancer-inducing mutations discovered
28 July 2021
New research from Ross Chapman’s lab has discovered the precise mechanism behind how the BRCA1 protein detects and engages with DNA breaks in the genome, helping to prevent the development of breast and ovarian cancers.
New form of gift wrap drives male reproductive success
26 January 2021
A new cell communication mechanism that's been identified could have implications for breast cancer and understanding its pathology
Understanding breast cancer risk in Chinese populations
29 October 2020
Researchers from the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) are utilising the China Kadoorie Biobank to better understand how breast cancer risk factors may differ between individuals from Western and Eastern populations
New hydrogel technology has promise in breast cancer modelling
26 October 2020
A new hydrogel technology from the Farnie group has provided cancer researchers with a new way to faithfully model breast tumours and discover new therapeutic targets
Using big data in breast cancer research
22 October 2020
The Cancer Epidemiology Unit has been using the largest epidemiological data set of its kind to unlock the secrets of breast cancer, what can be done to prevent it, and which women are most likely to develop it
A new FRONTIER for breast cancer
13 October 2020
Latest news from FRONTIER, the trial investigating the potential of the radiotracer Fluciclovine in the subtyping and staging of breast cancers
Understanding breast cancer management in women of different ethnicities
8 October 2020
Dr Toral Gathani investigates the associations between ethnicity and the surgical management of breast cancer, to help understand any observed differences in patterns of treatment in women of different ethnic groups
Therapeutic potential for breast cancer found in the matrix
1 October 2020
Work currently underway in the laboratory of Prof Kim Midwood is investigating the therapeutic anti-cancer potential of tenascin-C, a molecule found in the extracellular matrix of breast cancer
Previously unknown ‘genetic vulnerability’ in breast cancer found
11 September 2020
New Nature paper reveals discovery of a genetic vulnerability in nearly 10% of breast cancer tumours and how this can be targeted to selectively kill cancer cells.
Affordable approaches to earlier cancer diagnosis in India
19 June 2020
Dr Toral Gathani wins seed funding as part of Cancer Research UK’s Affordable Approaches to Cancer scheme