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21 September 2022
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"Our team’s work has hope written all over it”
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Advocacy plays a major role in Cancer Grand Challenges. The team taking on our Solid Tumours in Children challenge includes six advocates, representing the voice of children and families affected by solid cancers and helping to shape the…
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25 July 2022
Discover: a year of scientific creativity 2022
Today we launch Discover: a year of scientific creativity – our annual progress magazine showcasing the power of global team science.  Discover …
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25 July 2022
An atlas of oesophageal cancer development
From the team taking on our Cancer Causes challenge, a new integrated atlas of the stromal and epithelial interactions that drive cancers associated…
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25 July 2022
An entirely new way to visualise tumours
Meet the global network of early-career researchers driving the development of cancer’s most intricate maps, as part of our 3D Tumour Mapping…
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25 July 2022
Refuting the dogma surrounding breast cancer risk
Non-invasive breast carcinomas have long been assumed to be the precursors of any invasive cancers that follow. But new findings, from the team…

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This photograph depicted an Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB) public health scientist, preparing bacteria for a DNA fingerprinting test
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Study suggests C. difficile drives some colorectal cancers
Common infection could be one driver of colorectal cancer rise in younger adults, according to findings from members of the team taking on our Microbiome challenge.   Data collected by researchers at the Johns Hopkins…
21 July 2022
NexTGen at summit
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Bringing next-generation CAR T-cell therapies to children with solid cancers
On 16 June 2022, we announced 4 new Cancer Grand Challenges teams taking on some of the toughest challenges in cancer research. Here, meet the NexTGen team receiving $25m to take on the Solid Tumors in Children…
15 July 2022
CANCAN team at Cancer Grand Challenges summit
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The Cancer Cachexia Action Network - meet the team taking on the Cachexia challenge
On 16 June 2022, we announced four new Cancer Grand Challenges teams taking on some of the toughest challenges in cancer research. Here, meet the CANCAN team receiving $25m to take on the Cachexia challenge.  Many…
23 June 2022
PROMINENT team at the Cancer Grand Challenges summit
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“We want to stop cancer before it even starts” - meet the team taking on the Normal Phenotypes challenge 
On 16 June 2022, we announced four new Cancer Grand Challenges teams taking on some of the toughest challenges in cancer research. Here, meet the PROMINENT team receiving $25m to take on the Normal Phenotypes challenge…
22 June 2022
$100m funded - meet the new teams
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Announcing 4 new teams receiving $100m to take on cancer's toughest challenges
Today we announce the four new teams selected to each receive $25m Cancer Grand Challenges funding to take on some of the toughest challenges in cancer research.   Representing a total investment of $100m, these are…
16 June 2022
Microarray
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A comprehensive map of cancer genomes and chromosomal changes
Cancer Grand Challenges scientists and collaborators have created the first map of the major chromosomal changes that occur during cancer. This information could help physicians better understand how individual tumours…
15 June 2022
Precision dcis
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A step closer to avoiding overtreatment in people with DCIS
Today, the team taking on our Lethal vs. Non-Lethal challenge shared new findings that could change management and treatment for people with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).   To find out more about the clinical…
9 June 2022
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“Collectively, our work could ultimately save tens of thousands of people the burden of invasive treatment with little benefit.”
Non-invasive breast carcinomas have long been assumed to be the precursors of any invasive cancers that follow. But new findings indicate that around 1 in 5 of these subsequent cancers are unrelated to the initial…
9 June 2022
Oseophageal cancer piece
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Spotlight: our work in oesophageal cancer
The world’s 7th most common malignancy, oesophageal cancer results in more than 500,000 deaths globally each year. For Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month, we’re shining a light on much-needed research into the disease,…
27 April 2022