Research projects

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Melanoma

How are immune cells activated to attack melanoma?

This project will hopefully reveal new molecular targets for drugs to make immunotherapy work better  for more cancer patients in the future.

Researcher: Dr Yenkel Grinberg-Bleyer

How immune cells are activated to attack melanoma
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Complete Australia

Breast cancer

How do breast cancers recruit healthy cells to grow and spread?

Breast cancer is much harder to treat once it spreads so the team hope to better understand the processes through which tumours spread and find new ways to stop it.

Researcher: Dr Michael Samuel

Uncovering how breast cancer recruits healthy cells to grow and spread
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Complete Sweden

Lymphoma

Why do children with some genetic disorders develop lymphoma?

Children born with some disorders are prone to developing lymphoma so this project hopes to better understand why and improve outcomes for these children.

Researcher: Dr Lisa Westerberg

Understanding the causes of lymphoma in children
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Complete France

Lung cancer

Why do some lung tumours develop into aggressive cancers?

Survival rates for lung cancer vary considerably so this project aims to improve survival rates by discover new ways to diagnosis and treat aggressive lung cancers.

Researcher: Dr Lynnette Fernandez-Cuesta

Studying the evolution of lung neuroendocrine neoplasms to discover new treatment targets

Complete United Kingdom

General cancer research

Can we track immune cells to improve immunotherapy?

This team hope to make discoveries about the immune system that will kickstart new treatments, making them successful for more patients in the future. 

Researcher: Professor David Withers

Tracking immune cells to improve immunotherapy

Complete United Kingdom

Sarcoma

How does the rare tissues cancer sarcoma develop?

Late stage sarcomas remain very hard to treat and not enough is understood about them, so this project hopes to be the starting point for vital new sarcoma cures.

Researcher: Professor Kevin Hiom

Understanding the development of sarcoma – a rare tissue cancer
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Complete Italy

General cancer research

What can we discover about cancer from the placenta?

Researchers hope to find ways for immunotherapy to help more patients by learning how cancer cells hide from the immune system and stopping them hiding. 

Researcher: Dr Vincenzo Costanzo

What can the placenta teach us about cancer?
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Complete Italy

Breast cancer

How can breast cancer be stopped from coming back?

Even if treatment is successful cancer can come back so researchers hope to find new ways to kill even the hidden cancer cells and improve patient outcomes.

Researcher: Dr Sirio Dupont

How can breast cancer be stopped from coming back
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Active United Kingdom

Sarcoma

What causes synovial sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer?

Many synovial sarcoma tumour patients don’t respond well to treatments so this project wants to find new cures by better understanding what causes it.

Researcher: Dr Gerard Brien

Understanding the cause of synovial sarcoma to improve survival

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