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MyMelanoma study selected to join NHS DigiTrials initiative
15 November 2024
Three projects – including the Oxford-led MyMelanoma study - have been selected to join an NHS initiative, which aims to sign up tens of thousands of volunteers over the next two years to help improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients.
Immunotherapy: finding hidden ways to treat cancer
13 June 2024
Giamp Valenzano, a DPhil in Cancer Science student, joins forces with Oxford Sparks to deliver a video explaining how his research on immunotherapy aims to help treat cancer
£9m to Oxford for the Next Generation of Cancer Experts
4 April 2024
Cancer Research UK awards funding to the CRUK Oxford Centre to support future cancer research leaders.
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.
What Matters Most to people with colorectal cancer? Oxford Cancer to host workshop on patient priorities.
21 November 2023
Oxford Cancer is committed to supporting research that responds to the needs of people with cancer. We are working with groups of patients with different cancers to identify the ‘Top Ten’ issues that matter most to them. These lists of priorities will be shared with our research colleagues.
Event: Oxford Cancer and the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology joint Open Day for medical students.
5 October 2023
Oxford Cancer and the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology are pleased to invite you to our joint open day for any medical students interested in pursuing a DPhil in the fields of Cancer Science or Musculoskeletal Disease, Inflammation and Immunology respectively.
Multi-cancer blood test shows real promise in NHS trial
2 June 2023
An NHS trial of a new blood test for more than 50 types of cancer correctly revealed two out of every three cancers in more than 5,000 people who had visited their GP with suspected symptoms, in England or Wales. The test also also correctly identified the original site of cancer in 85% of those cases.
Oxford DeLIVER research attracts 1000 patients for innovative Pearl clinical study
31 May 2023
1000 patients have been recruited for the Pearl study within the DeLIVER programme.
Project submissions for the DPhil in Cancer Science now open!
30 May 2023
The DPhil in Cancer Science is inviting project submissions from Oxford-based PIs across medical, physical, engineering, data, and mathematical sciences for its 2024 intake.
Study shows delaying treatment for localised prostate cancer does not increase mortality risk
13 March 2023
Active monitoring of prostate cancer has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the largest study of its kind.
Key exosome subtype in cancer progression identified
8 March 2023
Collaborative work from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and the Department of Oncology has revealed a potential new pathway to block the production of a specific group of exosomes made in the cell’s recycling system that can promote the growth of cancerous tumours.
Researchers make miniature ‘bone marrows in a dish’ to improve anti-cancer treatments
25 November 2022
Scientists from the University of Oxford's MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and the University of Birmingham have made the first bone marrow ‘organoids’ that include all the key components of human marrow. This technology allows for the screening of multiple anti-cancer drugs at the same time, as well as testing personalised treatments for individual cancer patients.
DPhil in Cancer Science: A statistician's perspective
4 October 2022
In this blog, current student Tara gives us an insight into her experience as a mathematician on our DPhil in Cancer Science programme
DPhil in Cancer Science: A medical student's perspective
23 August 2022
In this blog, current MB-DPhil student Holly shares her experience of intercalating a DPhil within her medical undergraduate qualification