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Individual research projects

Right now, we’re funding around 100 cutting-edge projects worth almost £32 million. All to discover how we can prevent and diagnose breast cancer earlier, find better treatments, and improve people's quality of life.

Our research projects

Takanori Kitamura in front of a white background. He has black hair and is wearing a white striped shirt.

Understanding how immune cells promote DCIS invasiveness

Janet Brown smiling in front of a blue background. Janet has short grey hair, glasses and is wearing a black shirt.

Developing a blood test to predict someone’s risk of secondary breast cancer

David French and his research team stood outside of a building with brown bricks. There are 8 people, all smiling and wearing casual clothes.

Investigating the psychological impact of personalised breast cancer screening

Rebecca Vince sitting in a chair smiling at the camera. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a blue sweater.

Improving the quality of life of women returning to the Workplace after Breast Cancer

Dr Rebecca Vince

Seth, a man with no hair and blue eyes in a lab coat, posing for portraits.

Killer immune cells in secondary triple negative breast cancer

Professor Seth Coffelt

A researcher at the ICR using a pipette.

A dietary intervention in combination with targeted drugs for triple negative breast cancer

Professor Karen Vousden

Targeting immune cells to stop hibernating breast cancer cells from reawakening

Dr Frances Turrell

Investigating a new approach to prevent breast cancer recurrence

Professor Penelope Ottewell

Professor Elinor Sawyer and her team standing in a lab

Personalised therapies for relapsed lobular breast cancer patients

Professor Elinor Sawyer

Professor Kristijan Ramadan and team of researchers stood outside of a building

Overcoming breast cancer’s resistance to PARP inhibitor drugs

Professor Kristijan Ramadan

Professor Nick Lakin

Understanding how breast cancer becomes resistant to PARP inhibitor drugs

Professor Nick Lakin

A researcher in the lab

Improving detection of cancer cells in lymph nodes

Miss Karina Cox

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