Oxford cancer clinical trials unit receives acclaimed nursing award
13 October 2021
Clinical Trials Translational Research
The nursing team at the Early Phase Clinical Trials Unit has been awarded the Excellence in Cancer Research Nursing Award 2021.
Anti-cancer drug derived from fungus shows promise in clinical trials
7 October 2021
A new industry-academic partnership between the University of Oxford and biopharmaceutical company NuCana has found that chemotherapy drug NUC-7738, derived from a Himalayan fungus, has 40 times greater potency for killing cancer cells than its parent compound.
Oxford to assess revolutionary multi-cancer blood test in trial, for future implementation in the NHS
15 September 2021
Clinical Trials Translational Research
A partnership between the University of Oxford and GRAIL, LLC will evaluate the use of a new, non-invasive, multi-cancer early detection test known as Galleri in suspected cancer patients.
University of Oxford Announces Opening of PanDox Phase 1 Study investigating Targeted Drug Delivery by Focused Ultrasound for Pancreatic Cancer
1 July 2021
The University of Oxford is pleased to announce commencement of enrollment for the Phase I PanDox study of thermosensitive liposomal doxorubicin triggered by focused ultrasound in patients with pancreatic cancer.
Dr Lennard Lee awarded ACP McElwain Prize for contributions to medical oncology
24 June 2021
Dr Lee (Department of Oncology) received the award to acknowledge his contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, through the establishment of the UK Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project.
Further funding secured to hunt out cancer using innovative radiotherapy techniques
8 April 2021
Initial success leads to new award for Oxford researcher pushing forward new cancer-hunting radiotherapy despite lockdown.
Tripartite partnership enables access to state-of-the-art radiotherapy machine in Oxford
25 March 2021
A new ViewRay MRIdian machine is the first of its kind in the UK and will be used by the University of Oxford, OUH and GenesisCare to help improve challenging cancer treatment through faster, tailored radiotherapy.
Reprogramming tumour cells using an antimalarial drug
17 February 2021
Results from the ATOM clinical trial at the University of Oxford have shown that the anti-malarial drug Atovaquone can reduce very low oxygen tumour environments. This has the potential to make cancers behave less aggressively and to improve the impact of everyday cancer treatments.
Hidden lung damage from COVID-19 revealed in new study
2 December 2020
Research Translational Research
Early findings from a study into longer-term damage amongst patients recovering from COVID-19 suggest that the use of cutting-edge scanning techniques may detect previously unseen lung damage.
Professor Sibson secures further MRC DPFS funding
20 October 2020
Awards & Appointments Clinical Trials Translational Research
Prof. Sibson together with her co-applicants Prof. Anthony, Dr Campbell and Prof. Middleton have now been awarded a second MRC DPFS grant, for £3.3 million, to acquire further preclinical data to support the case for clinical translation, to develop the mutTNF production for human use and to undertake pre-clinical toxicology.
Oxfordshire-based SCAN pathway wins BMJ award
9 October 2020
A pathway designed to investigate individuals with non-specific but concerning symptoms of cancer wins the BMJ Awards 2020 Cancer Care Team of the Year.
Tackling the serious side effects of cancer treatment in an ageing population
20 August 2020
Prof. Anne Kiltie and her team discuss their important work into the effects of radiosensitisation on ageing cancer patients with the CRUK Science Blog.
Vice-Chancellor's Innovation Awards 2020
27 July 2020
Awards & Appointments Department
Congratulations to Professor Anna Schuh and her team who are the Winners of the Teamwork category in the Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards 2020 for their work on SEREN_A Social Enterprise to deliver DNA-based diagnostics that improves outcomes of children and young adults with blood diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
New digital classification method using AI developed for colorectal cancer
22 July 2020
Artificial Intelligence Research Translational Research
Understanding the molecular subtype of a cancer is becoming an importance part of the diagnostic process as it helps a doctor better understand a patient’s prognosis, determine the best course of action for treatment and helps researchers devise new, more-efficient, precision therapies.
The CNIO creates a collaborative platform to streamline brain metastasis research
8 July 2020
Professor Nicola Sibson has been involved in the CNIO platform to compile a repository for brain metastasis cell lines.
Oxford University to lead a new national programme of AI research to improve lung cancer screening
3 July 2020
Artificial Intelligence Funding
UK Research and Innovation, Cancer Research UK and industry are investing more than £11 million in an Oxford-led artificial intelligence (AI) research programme to improve the diagnosis of lung cancer and other thoracic diseases.