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23 June 2022
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The Cancer Cachexia Action Network - meet the team taking on the Cachexia challenge
CANCAN team at Cancer Grand Challenges summit
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 patients with advanced…
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22 June 2022
“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…
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16 June 2022
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…
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15 June 2022
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…
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9 June 2022
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…

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Bowel cancer cell, CRUK LRI Experimental Histopathology Unit
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OPTIMISTICC: New connection drives poor outcomes in bowel cancer
Up to 45% of bowel cancers carry a fault in the KRAS gene, detrimentally affecting how a patient will respond to treatment. New results from the OPTIMISTICC team suggest these poor outcomes may be due to the way faulty…
20 October 2020
Lung cancer cell, full credit to LRI EM department.
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Catalysing new thinking on the development of cancer
Some carcinogens can cause cancer without directly damaging DNA: a new study from the Cancer Grand Challenges Mutographs team challenges a long-held view on the early development of a tumour. For years, research has…
13 October 2020
Barbara Rimer and Jill P. Mesirov
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New Scientific Committee members announced
The Cancer Grand Challenges Scientific Committee is pleased to welcome two new members: Professor Jill P Mesirov (University of California San Diego School of Medicine) and Professor Barbara K Rimer (University of North…
11 October 2020