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Experimental Cancer Medicine Demystified 2023
20 Oct 2023
Register now: all welcome to join us on Friday 20 October, 9:30–16:00, at the CRUK Cambridge Institute lecture theatre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus for our annual open event.
First patient recruited in Cambridge for novel cancer immunotherapy trial
31 Aug 2023
A new clinical trial is being carried out by CRUK’s Centre for Drug Development to evaluate the orally available drug, HTL0039732, for advanced solid tumours.
Summer 2023 newsletter from the Cambridge ECMC
25 Jul 2023
Local news, network initiatives, recruiting trials, events, opportunities and funding related to early phase cancer clinical trials and translational research
World Head and Neck Cancer Day 2023
25 Jul 2023
To mark World Head and Neck Cancer Day on Thursday 27 July, our research and clinical teams ran an information and activity stand in the Oncology Day Unit at Addenbrooke’s.
Junior Investigators attend Leicester meeting
8 Feb 2023
Annual Junior Investigators Network Group meeting held in Leicester on 6 and 7 Feb 2023
Major funding for Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
23 Jan 2023
Clinicans and scientists in Cambridge welcomed the news that the search for new cancer treatments in the city is to receive a major funding investment of around £3 million, providing future hope for people diagnosed with the disease.
3rd Annual Experimental Cancer Medicine Demystified Event
14 Jan 2022
Friday 14 January 2022 – a virtual event about cancer research and clinical trials in Cambridge aimed at patients, carers and anyone with an interest in cancer research.
Treating a rare cancer using a precision medicine approach
6 Oct 2021
Cambridge clinical researchers have, for the first time, shown that the drug nirogacestat can be effective in treating a rare type of cancer arising from the windpipe (trachea).
ELEVATE immunotherapy trial opens
28 Sep 2021
An Addenbrooke’s doctor is leading a trial to find improved treatments for patients with advanced oesophagogastric (OG) cancer.
Targeted low-dose radiotherapy may help drugs reach brain tumours
5 Jun 2017
Promising early trial results indicate that a targeted low dose of radiotherapy may help cancer drugs reach brain tumours.