The Latest Breaking News from Cancer Research UK

The over-the-counter medication which could help reduce risk of skin cancer

A study has found that nicotinamide could help prevent the return of skin cancer

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Why scientists are looking for an ‘anti-Ozempic’ treatment to encourage weight gain

Cancer Research UK is funding a man’s mission to cure cachexia, a severe loss of appetite, with a treatment offering the opposite of Ozempic

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Major charity with 80 stores in Scotland to close hundreds of branches across UK

A MAJOR charity with 80 stores in Scotland has revealed plans to shut hundreds of branches across the UK ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2025

Only half of people with cancer are diagnosed within NHS target time, analysis finds

Urgently referred patients are having to wait more than 28 days to receive a cancer diagnosis, exceeding NHS England’s target time

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Only half of people with cancer diagnosed within target time, analysis finds

Cancer Research UK said its study shows that for people being diagnosed with cancer, things have been getting worse instead of better.

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Incurable blood cancer patients now living twice as long, study finds

Multiple myeloma is incurable, and happens when the bone marrow makes abnormal white blood cells

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Survival time for incurable blood cancer almost doubles since 2005, study finds

Experts called the gain for myeloma patients ‘impressive’ but said continued research is needed to continue progress.

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025

Gordon Ramsay reveals skin cancer scare after undergoing treatment to remove basal cell carcinoma

TV chef said he was ‘grateful’ for receiving fast treatment

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025

Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry responded not by making cigarettes safer, but by making them seem safer. Filters were the perfect innovation – not for health, but…

The Conversation · Aug 28, 2025

One person could be diagnosed with cancer every two minutes until 2040

Cancer charity coalition One Cancer Voice has projected that 6.3 million cancer diagnoses will be made over the next 15 years

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025