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graduate study at the department of oncology

We warmly invite you to join us for a unique opportunity to study with leading scientists in the field of oncology and radiation biology.

The Department offers an established, world-leading, graduate training programme. Our degree courses are a critical element in our drive to revolutionise training in radiation oncology and cancer research in the UK. We are striving to make advances in radiation biology and to translate these into improved clinical outcomes for cancer patients.

Please take a moment to review the different courses available in this department and to hear what our students really think on our Student Experience page.

Contact us at the Graduate Studies Office  if you have more questions that are not answered here.

Oncology Graduate Studies

Department News

New blood-based test is the first ever to simultaneously identify if a patient has cancer and if it has spread

A publication by University of Oxford researchers describes a new minimally invasive and inexpensive blood test that can identify cancer in patients with non-specific symptoms. The early success of this technology makes it the first blood-based test that not only detects cancer in this population but can simultaneously identify if a cancer has spread.

A picture of Eileen Parkes next to the Wellcome Trust logo

Eileen Parkes secures Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship

Eileen is awarded funding for her research into the tumour microenvironment

Anneliese Dodds MP visits the CRUK Cancer Centre

MP Anneliese Dodds tours Oxford cancer research

Anneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East & Chair of the Labour Party, visited the University of Oxford to learn more about the impactful work happening across departments in the field of cancer research.

A generic image of a person looking at an x-ray through a magnifying glass.

World’s first cancer prevention trial to test diabetes drug in patients with high-risk genetic condition

Oxford researchers will lead a £2m national cancer prevention trial to assess the benefit a diabetes drug has in patients with Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), a genetic condition that impacts 1 in 20,000 people worldwide and puts them at a 70-90% lifetime risk of cancer.