That Cancer Conversation

Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation! We’re launching a new subseries which unpacks our recently published manifesto, Longer, Better Lives: A Manifesto for Cancer Research and Care . At Cancer Research UK, we know that huge strides have been made in beating cancer – with survival in the UK doubling over the last 50 years.    But this hard-won progress is at risk of...

Clinical trials are a vital step in the development of new medicines of any kind, and that includes new cancer treatments. They aim to find out whether new treatments are safe and effective and work better than current treatments.  In this episode of That Cancer Conversation, we're going to take you into the world of clinical research and walk you through the pathway, from how we design trial...

Our latest podcast is about how families cope with cancer, and the scientific progress helping them through. Austin was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when he was 2 years old. In 2016, scientists took some cells from Austin’s immune system. Dr Sara Ghorashian, from the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, changed them so they could recognise ca...

In our new podcast series, That Cancer Conversation: One to One, we’re talking to the people who make Cancer Research UK what it is.  September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and in this first episode we’re hearing from Dr Laura Danielson, our research lead for children’s and young people’s cancer.   Laura moved across the Atlantic to make sure her work had the best chance of h...

Beating cancer means beating it for everyone. And crucial to doing that is tackling health inequalities, unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population and between different groups within society.  In this episode, we're diving into the inequalities faced by one group in particular, the LGBTQ+ community, and what we can do to make cancer care more inclusive for everyone.&nbs...

When thinking about cancer treatment, our first thoughts may be about surgery or chemotherapy.  But what about what we eat?  In this episode, we hear from Dr Clare Shaw, a lead cancer dietician and therapy researcher who has written multiple books with the Royal Marsden Hospital, including The Cancer Cookbook. And Professor Karen Vousden, co-founder of Faeth Therapeutics, a company looki...

Kicking off the second season of That Cancer Conversation, we talk about sex, intimacy and cancer. From chemotherapy to sex shops, we sit down with three amazing guests to discuss sexual wellbeing for those living with and beyond cancer.  Cancer nurse and psychosexual therapist, Dr Isabel White speaks about the various ways cancer can impact our sexual wellbeing and shares some tips on how to...

That Cancer Conversation is back for season 2! Join our digital news team, Amy, Jacob, Sophie, and Tim, as they bring together the stories and the science behind cancer every month.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cancer has inhabited earth for longer than humans have, but we don’t have a one-fits-all, silver-bullet cure.  From Egyptian mummies and medieval wolves, to precision medicine and microscopic evolution, we take a look at the past to find out why curing cancer is more complex than we think, and what is needed next to get us closer to a future without cancer.   In this latest episode...

Last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced an ambitious plan: to create a ‘cervical cancer-free future’. The potential reward is huge. If we succeed, cervical cancer will become the first cancer to be ‘eliminated’ on this scale. Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women - 99% of cases worldwide are caused by a few high-risk strains of a common virus called h...

This episode, we're joined by Sigourney Bell , a researcher at the University of Cambridge , whose work looks to find new treatments for supratentorial ependymoma , a rare children's brain cancer. Outside of the lab, Sigourney is the co-founder of Black in Cancer , a global organisation that aims to strengthen the network between Black people in the cancer space whilst highlighting Black excellenc...

From malaria to multiple sclerosis, plants have given us compounds which help treat countless conditions. But could a tree growing on your street hold the next life-changing drug? From Madagascar to a Kew Gardens in London, we explore how scientists across the globe use indigenous knowledge and pharmaceutical science to help develop the treatments of tomorrow. And in a world-first, a cannabis-deri...

For the first episode of That Cancer Conversation, we explore infertility and cancer. From teenage body worries to an intercontinental surrogacy story, we chat to Max, Kreena and Eleanor – 3 people whose cancer journeys affected their fertility in some way. Is freezing sperm and egg cells the only option? Not necessarily. We sit down with Professor Richard Anderson, deputy director of the Universi...

Join our new podcast, That Cancer Conversation, where we explore some of the most fascinating personal stories and cutting-edge innovations that you probably didn’t know about a disease that most people don't want to talk about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.