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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Andrew Gregory Health editor in Chicago

‘Off the charts’: the key breakthroughs giving new hope in treating cancer

Elliot Pfebve in a hospital chair is treated by Hayley Rolfe in a blue NHS uniform
Elliot Pfebve, the first patient in England to receive a personalised vaccine for bowel cancer, is treated by Hayley Rolfe, a research sister at Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham. Photograph: NHS England/PA

At the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, the world’s largest cancer conference, doctors, scientists and researchers shared new findings on ways to tackle the disease.

The event in Chicago, attended by about 44,000 health professionals, featured more than 200 sessions focused on this year’s theme, The Art and Science of Cancer Care: From Comfort to Cure. Here is a roundup of the key studies.

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