Case studies

Explore case studies from each of the research themes that sit within the UCL Cancer Domain.

Understanding cancer

• Lessons from the lymph node - Professor Sophie Acton
• The evolution of leukaemia - Professor Tariq Enver
• Loops within loops: cohesin and cancer biology - Dr Suzana Hadjur
• The many faces of PI3K delta - Professor Bart Vanhaesebroeck
• The shape of cells to come - Professor Buzz Baum
• An endless cycle: Targeting replication stress in cancer cells - Professor Rob de Bruin
• Understanding brain stem cells - Professor Simona Parrinello
• Non-coding mutations in leukaemia - Dr Marc Mansour

Treating cancer

• Innovative packaging for cancer therapeutics - Professor Andreas Schätzlein 
• Rational design of anti-cancer agents - Dr Geoff Wells
• Rewriting the cancer rulebook - Professor Charles Swanton
• Early detection of women's cancers - Professor Martin Widschwendter
• CAR-T cell therapy for childhood tumours - Dr Karin Straathof
• T-cell therapies for childhood leukaemia - Professor Waseem Qasim
• Tailoring treatments for childhood brain cancers - Professor Darren Hargrave

Technology

• Making the most of proton beam therapy - Professor Gary Royle
• Transforming the diagnosis and treatment pathway for prostate cancer - Professor Mark Emberton
• Combining radiotherapy with chemotherapy and immunotherapy - Professor Ricky Sharma
• Getting to the heart of bone cancer - Professor Adrienne Flanagan
• First-class delivery - Professor Giuseppe Battaglia

Cancer in society

• Breast cancer genetics: an anthropological approach - Dr Sahra Gibbon
• On the TRAIL of new lung cancer treatment - Professor Sam Janes
• Flattening the social gradient in cancer care - Professor Rosalind Raine
• Understanding non-participation in cancer screening programmes - Dr Jo Waller
• Cancer prevention through smoking cessation - Professor Robert West