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Scientists from the Department of Oncology have equipped a virus that kills carcinoma cells with a protein so it can also target and kill adjacent cells that are tricked into shielding the cancer from the immune system.

EMERALD Pancreas: Evaluation of hypofractionated adaptive radiotherapy using the MR Linac in localised pancreatic cancer

Designing Novel Vectors for Targeted In Vivo Transduction of Monocytes to Deliver Cancer Therapeutics into the Tumour Microenvironment

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The paradox of AMER1 driver mutations in colorectal cancer

Developing a neoantigen-like, ROP-based vaccine targeting SVN (ROP-SVN) to boost host immune responses

Tumour avatars of patients for assessment of therapeutic efficacy

Hippo signalling in Natural Killer Cells maturation and function

Hippo signalling in Natural Killer Cells maturation and function

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The Department of Oncology's mission is to improve cancer care through research and teaching. There is strong emphasis on translation, with established infrastructure to develop scientific insights toward clinical appreciation.

Identifying unique vulnerabilities of polyploid tumour cells to enhance radiation sensitivity

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The MSc in Radiobiology is scheduled to run over one academic year as a full-time course consisting of eight compulsory taught modules and a research-based dissertation.

UKHSA project - Identifying biomarkers to prevent medical radiation toxicity: Role of Adipose tissue in skin toxicity during radiotherapy

Characterisation of the cross-talk between the hypoxia-induced DNA damage and unfolded protein responses

Developing a novel type of cancer vaccine for genetically-defined tumours

ARCADIAN: Atovaquone with Radical ChemorADIotherapy in locally Advanced NSCLC

Accelerator technology advancements enabling MV photon FLASH radiotherapy

Developing novel therapeutic strategies to improve radiotherapy

Elucidating the role of tumour microenvironment in breast cancer metastasis

The Fanconi anaemia pathway and cancer: a molecular dissection

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