Research projects

Active Belgium
Melanoma
Therapies for melanoma sometimes stop working if treatment resistance develops so by understanding how this happens researchers hope to find new, better, cures.
Researcher: Dr Pierre Close
Demystifying what makes melanoma so ‘good’ at resisting treatments
Active United Kingdom
Multiple cancers
Lung cancer and breast cancer cells behave very differently so by exploring the unique ways their cells communicate researchers hope to find better cures.
Researcher: Dr Olivier Pardo
Protein paradox: finding out how a family of molecules can both help and hinder cancer
Active United Kingdom
Brain cancer
This project hopes to reveal if changing the intervals between radiotherapy doses makes it better at treating one of the most common types of brain tumour.
Researcher: Dr Jamie Dean
Rhythmic radiotherapy: Tackling glioblastoma by changing the interval of treatments
Active Sweden
Multiple cancers
This project hopes to discover more about the biology of how solid tumours develop to find new ways to prevent, diagnose or treat these cancers.
Researcher: Professor Staffan Stromblad
Understanding how 'tissue stiffening' affects cancer development
Active Spain
Head & neck cancer
Researchers hope to find new ways to stop cancer by better understanding how the ‘tumour microenvironment’ around cancers impacts their ability to spread.
Researcher: Professor Leandro Sastre Garzón
Uncovering how the tumour microenvironment can make cancer cells more aggressive
Active Israel
General cancer research
Researchers hope to find new ways predict and stop cancers becoming life-threatening by understanding how a very common cancer mutation helps cancers spread.
Researcher: Dr Tomer Cooks
Exploring how the p53 mutation helps cancers spread
Active United Kingdom
Pancreatic cancer
This project hopes to find vital new treatments for pancreatic cancer patients with no current options by better understanding how pancreatic cancers spreads.
Researcher: Professor Seth Coffelt
Understanding how immune cells participate in the spread of pancreatic cancer
Complete Switzerland
General cancer research
This project hopes to discover new ways to prevent the development of resistance to cancer treatments which is crucial to stop people dying from cancer.
Researcher: Professor Lorenza Penengo
Understanding why treatment resistance develops
Active Finland
Kidney cancer
By studying the mechanisms that drive the growth of kidney cancer researchers are hoping to discover vital new ways to prevent it progressing and spreading.
Researcher: Dr Sakari Vanharanta
Improving our understanding of how to treat kidney cancer