Research projects
Complete Ireland
Breast cancer
This project hopes to pave the way towards more treatment options for patients with a type of breast cancer which often becomes resistant to current therapies.
Researcher: Professor Darran O'Connor
Finding a new treatment for invasive lobular breast cancer
Complete Italy
Kidney cancer
This project hopes to kickstart a new way to prevent kidney cancer developing by better understanding the process that puts some families at a higher risk.
Researcher: Dr Chiara Di Malta
Trying to stop the development of kidney cancer in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
Complete France
Ovarian cancer
By better understanding how cancer progresses and responds to treatment this research team hope to improve outcomes for ovarian cancer patients.
Researcher: Dr Renata Basto
Understanding ovarian cancer progression and response to chemotherapy
Complete Australia
General cancer research
This project is trying to better understand certain cancer mutations in the hope of discovering clues towards new treatments for a range of cancer types.
Researcher: Dr Lee Wong
Finding new treatment targets by tackling cancer’s immortality
Complete Germany
Oral cancer
This project hopes to discover how to cut of cancer’s energy supply so it can’t spread, making it easier to treat and improving outcomes for patients.
Researcher: Dr Michaela Frye
Starving cancer to stop metastasis
Complete New Zealand
General cancer research
Radiotherapy doesn’t work for all cancer patients so this project hopes to kickstart a new drug that could work in combination to improve patient outcomes.
Researcher: Dr Jo K Perry
Developing a new class of anti-cancer drug
Complete Italy
Pancreatic cancer
This project hopes to find vital clues towards much needed new cures for pancreatic cancer by finding out more about the communication within cancer cells.
Researcher: Dr Alessandro Carrer
Studying communication between the powerhouse and the brain of the cell to stop cancer growth
Complete Spain
Bowel cancer
Sometimes cancer treatment stops working if cancers become resistant to therapy so this team hope to improve survival rates by exploring potential new drugs.
Researcher: Dr Maite Huarte
Identifying new therapeutic approaches for treatment-resistant bowel cancer
Complete Spain
General cancer research
Stopping cancer spreading makes it easier to treat, so this project hopes to discover the processes involved in cancer spreading and find clues for new cures.
Researcher: Dr Toni Celià-Terrassa
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