Oncology...is the study of cancer, its causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
| | Cancer is one of the main medical challenges facing western society. But there has been a huge burst of new research relevant to cancer – from the sequencing of the human genome and from the dissection of the intracellular signalling pathways that control cell proliferation and cell death. As a result, there are currently many new leads both for understanding the causes of different cancers and for discovering better drugs to treat them.
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| | British Association of Cancer Research is the largest cancer society in Britain with a membership of 1,200. It promotes the advance of research into all aspects of cancer, both laboratory and clinical, and the exchange of information. http://www.bacr.org.uk | Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to research on the causes, treatment and prevention of cancer. It supports the work of over 3,000 scientists, doctors and nurses working across the UK, spending over £250 million annually on research, which is raised almost entirely through public donations. http://www.cancerresearchuk.org | Leukaemia Research Fund is the only UK research charity devoted exclusively to leukaemia, the lymphomas, myeloma, aplastic anaemia, myelodysplasia, the myeloproliferative disorders and the related blood disorders in both children and adults. http://www.lrf.org.uk |
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Dr Iain McNeish is a Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist and Senior Lecturer in Medicla Oncology at the Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre at Barts and the London School of Medicine
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