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Professor Martin Gore CBE
10 January 2019
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Targeted drug slows tumour growth in patients with early breast cancer
6 December 2018
Adding a new targeted therapy to hormone therapy halts the growth of tumour cells in women with early-stage breast cancer, new research shows.
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Professor Ian Smith awarded the William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award
5 December 2018
Consultant Medical Oncologist Professor Ian Smith has won the 2018 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award for his lifelong work in breast cancer oncology.
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Immunotherapy keeps some patients with advanced head and neck cancer alive for more than three years
30 November 2018
A new immunotherapy can greatly extend the lives of a proportion of people with advanced head and neck cancer, with some living for three years or more, a major new clinical trial reports.
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North London genomics laboratory hub announced
29 November 2018
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has been announced as the lead for genomic cancer testing in one of seven new genomics laboratory hubs.
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Maggie’s at The Royal Marsden
19 November 2018
The Royal Marsden in Sutton and Maggie’s, the charity that provides free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends, today celebrated a key milestone in the construction of a new Maggie’s centre
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“Landmark results” in key ovarian cancer research
22 October 2018
Results from a Phase III trial have demonstrated that lynparza (olaparib) therapy could cut the risk of disease progression or death by 70% in patients with newly-diagnosed, advanced BRCA mutated ovarian cancer.
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New treatment approach for advanced anal cancer
22 October 2018
A new approach to treating advanced anal cancer is safer and more effective than the most widely used current treatment, according to the first ever randomised clinical trial in this group of patients.
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Cancer trial shows treating the prostate with radiotherapy improves survival
21 October 2018
Treating the prostate with radiotherapy alongside standard treatment led to a 11 per cent increase in survival for some men with advanced prostate cancer, according to a study led by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
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Women may experience more side effects than men during gastric cancer chemotherapy
19 October 2018
Influence of sex on chemotherapy efficacy and toxicity in oesophagogastric (OG cancer): a pooled analysis of 4 randomised trials
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