Patrick McGuire

The national cancer plan is a welcome step. Now we need a... The government’s new blueprint is a serious commitment, says the head of Cancer Research UK, but faster diagnosis and better outcomes are what matter to patients

On World Cancer Day, read my thoughts in the @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the new National Cancer Plan for England 👇 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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After years of campaigning, we’re pleased the government has today launched its National Cancer Plan for England.

We need the government to follow through on these promises to make sure that it can meet its ambition to save more lives from cancer.

Learn more about the Plan : cruk.ink/4awC9Cw

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In the UK, nearly 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime. Today is World Cancer Day – a global day to raise awareness of cancer, and take action against it 🌍

Share this post to help us raise awareness.

#WorldCancerDay #WCD2026

Oxford Cancer to launch innovative new funding scheme to support patient-led research ideas Catriona Gilmour Hamilton, Oxford Cancer's Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Manager, discusses our brand new PPI-Led Pump Priming Scheme, which will launch in Spring 2026.

In March, we're launching a new funding scheme to support patient-led cancer research ideas!

Hear from Catriona Gilmour Hamilton, Oxford Cancer's Patient and Public Involvement Manager, about how it will work. 👇 @medsci.ox.ac.uk @mplsoxford.bsky.social

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

Curiosity is where every breakthrough begins 🔍 #KeepResearchCurious

First leukaemia patient to get pioneering drug on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi' Oscar Murphy has an aggressive form of the blood cancer and is the first to get CAR-T therapy in the UK.

First leukaemia patient to receive pioneering treatment on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Research is where hope starts

Calling all members of the Oxford Cancer Network! 📢

Don't forget! Registration for our Annual Symposium, supported by the CRUK Oxford Centre, is now open until 3 March.

📆Event to take place on 31 March.

Find out more and register via our website 👇

crukcentre.cancer.ox.ac.uk/about/CRUK_o...

The next Cancer Prevention Research Conference will bring together scientists from across the globe to discuss primary cancer prevention research.

Hosted by the American Cancer Society & @cancerresearchuk.org, it will take place 3rd - 5th June. Register interest 👇

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As the year comes to a close, we’re reflecting on some of our 2025 highlights. 🥳

In June, we celebrated 2 years of the Oxford Cancer Immuno - Oncology Network (OCION). Read about some of OCION's key achievements on our website. 👇

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/celebra...

@timmunologist.bsky.social

World’s first lung cancer prevention vaccine gets £2 million for clinical trial People at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive the first-ever experimental vaccine, 'LungVax', designed to prevent the disease, in a world-first clinical trial. The LungVax vaccine…

As the year comes to a close, we’re reflecting on some of our 2025 highlights. 🥳

In November, CRUK announced up to £2.06 million in funding to run a clinical trial of LungVax over the next four years. The trial is expected to begin in summer 2026.

Read more ⬇️

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/world20...

Television highlight of the year! Thanks to everyone at Oxford Cancer for all you do for cancer patients and their families #ResearchIsWhereHopeStarts

Professor Sarah Blagden shares cutting-edge precision prevention research at Oxford in new Channel 4 Documentary Over the past year, Professor Blagden has been filming for Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures, a new three-part documentary series from Channel 4 which follows three scientists on the front lines…

We’re reflecting on some of our 2025 highlights. 🥳

The 1st episode of Channel 4's Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures was broadcast in November. It follows Sarah Blagden, who is leading novel precision prevention cancer research, supported by Oxford Cancer. 🔻

As sueduncombe.bsky.social and I approach the end of the year we’re delighted that our cancerresearchuk.org 2025 fundraising challenge now stands at £5983 ( inc gift aid). Thanks to all who supported us #ResearchIsWhereHopeStarts @cancergrand.bsky.social @oxfordcancer.bsky.social

Such a beautiful evening on Tuesday at the @cancerresearchuk.org St Paul’s Carol Concert. We raised just over £800,000 for life-saving cancer research. Thank you to our committee, musicians, readers and everyone who attended and made it such a memorable event.

Proud to be a member of the Patient Involvement Team on this world class, lifesaving research. Research is where hope starts; research shapes the future; research transforms lives 👇👇

This week we've been Standing Up To Cancer. Since 2012, @cancerresearchuk.org's partnership with @channel4.bsky.social has raised over £113M, funding 73 projects to accelerate life-saving cancer tests and treatments for cancer patients who need them. Tune in tonight for an unmissable night of TV.

YouTube video by The Rest Is Science The Magic Math Trick That Fools Everyone

🎙️ Team Mutographs has been featured on the latest episode of The Rest is Science podcast, produced by @cancerresearchuk.org.

➡️ Listen: youtu.be/WGUBDeJ8MPM?...
➡️ Find out more about the Mutographs team’s journey & mission: www.cancergrandchallenges.org/mutographs

#CancerResearch #GlobalHealth

Smiling and cheering Cancer Research UK campaigners holding Smokefree UK placards celebrating outside the Senedd building

Big news for a #SmokefreeUK! @senedd.wales has voted for the Tobacco & Vapes Bill, which aims to help end cancers caused by smoking and create the first smokefree generation. We now want to see the Bill passed in @houseoflords.parliament.uk and implemented across all four nations.

Another positive step towards ending cancers caused by smoking in the UK. Congratulations to the team that made this happen in Wales. I urge members of the House of Lords to ensure the Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes law as quickly as possible.

Is now the time to rethink risk thresholds in cancer referral guidelines? Around two thirds of patients with cancer diagnosed in England first present to primary care1 so encouraging timely referral of those with signs and symptoms of possible cancer is crucial to improve p...

Time to rethink risk thresholds in #Cancer referral guidelines?

A @bjgp.bsky.social editorial, co-written by Brian Nicholson (@oxprimarycare.bsky.social), examines opportunities to refresh how risk thresholds are applied in national primary care referral guidelines.

bjgp.org/content/75/7...

Great discussion - patient groups are central to A/I partnerships -especially in the ED/prevention space….

BLOG: Patient and Public Involvement in Research Are you interested in public engagement with cancer research? Julliet Lwiindi, Oxford Cancer's Public Engagement and Involvement Officer, shares a little about the ways in which you can engage with ou...

Are you interested in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research?

Julliet Lwiindi, Oxford Cancer's PPI Officer, shares a little about how Cancer Researchers at the University of Oxford can engage with our PPI group 👇

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/blog-pa...

Wonderful to listen to the very first episodes of The Rest Is Science podcast, with talk of all things science as well as highlighting the huge impact @cancerresearchuk.org has had on doubling cancer survival over nearly 50 years. Listen on your preferred platform: linktr.ee/therestissci...

Professor Sarah Blagden shares cutting-edge precision prevention research at Oxford in new Channel 4 Documentary Over the past year, Professor Blagden has been filming for Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures, a new three-part documentary series from Channel 4 which follows three scientists on the front lines of...

In case you missed it!

Sarah Blagden @oncology.ox.ac.uk featured in Channel 4’s Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures last week, sharing ground-breaking precision-prevention research at Oxford!

Read more ⬇️

@sarahblagden.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...

Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures review – this vaccine documentary is so inspirational it’ll make you weep The tale of Prof Sarah Blagden’s attempt to find a treatment that stops the disease is the rarest of things – TV that makes you dare to hope

Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures review – this vaccine documentary is so inspirational it’ll make you weep www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures Three trailblazing scientists take on cancer, changing peoples’ lives, right now

Oxford Professor Sarah Blagden, @oncology.ox.ac.uk appears in the first episode of Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures on @Channel4 tonight!

📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.

Brought to you by @CR_UK.

#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention

www.channel4.com/programmes/c...

Tonight’s first episode features Professor Sarah Blagden at the University of Oxford, who’s attempting to stop cancer before it even starts. Can she bring together recent breakthroughs to create a world first vaccine?

Stream or watch tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 📺💻

@ox.ac.uk #CRUKscience 2/2

We’re thrilled to partner with Channel 4 on ‘Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures’ - a new series which is shining a light on three trailblazing scientists taking on cancer, and explores how their work is changing patients’ lives right now. 👇 1/2

This is a huge step forward - by supporting the LungVax clinical trial, we will put the vaccine through the most rigorous scientific tests and take that important first step towards a world where people live longer, better lives, free from the fear of lung cancer.

What if we could stop #Cancer before it even starts?

Prof. Sarah Blagden @oncology.ox.ac.uk & PPI contributor Anna Fry discuss novel cancer prevention research on the @oxfordsparks.bsky.social podcast.

🎧 www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/cou...

@sarahblagden.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk