Five new cancer research breakthroughs

Latest results from trials of drugs and therapies met with tears of joy

Cancer researchers

A string of research breakthroughs are bringing fresh hope to cancer patients, scientists and charities.

Key steps forward in the developments of hormone, drug and radiotherapy treatments for cancer were announced over the weekend. And researchers revealed earlier this month that the technology behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has been used to design a jab that could help treat various forms of the disease.

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