Prof Charles Swanton: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- co-leader of the Rapid project and deputy clinical director at the Crick
- Quoted on
- Cancer, Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“For an intervention that isn't a drug, exercise offers remarkable benefits for patients. For some people with colon cancer, physical activity can be a game-changer that shifts the course of their recovery.”
What Prof Charles Swanton has said
“As an oncologist, I see how profound the difference is between stage III and stage IV disease.”
thoracic medical oncologist at University College Hospital, London and chief investigator of the NHS-Galleri trial · Cancer · 10 Sept 2026 · Blood test to detect 50 types of cancer fails to meet key outcome in NHS trial ↗
“This is an important and compelling study that deepens our understanding of how air pollution can drive neurodegenerative disease. By linking fine-particulate matter exposure to the biology of Lewy body dementia, it provides a mechanistic bridge between environmental exposure and disease pathology.”
co-leader of the Rapid project and deputy clinical director at the Crick · Dementia · 27 Aug 2026 · Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests ↗
Where Prof Charles Swanton has been quoted
- Our defining research stories of 2025news.cancerresearchuk.org · 30 Sept 2026
- Blood test to detect 50 types of cancer fails to meet key outcome in NHS trialpulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggeststheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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