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The prize, named in honour of MSK鈥檚 past President Emeritus, the late Paul Marks, recognises a new generation of leaders in cancer research who are making significant contributions to the understanding of cancer or are improving the treatment of the disease through basic or clinical research.听

A committee of prominent members of the cancer research community selected three winners, all under the age of 50. They will present their work at a series of lectures hosted by MSK in March 2022.

Professor Charles Swanton is Chair of Personalised Medicine at 果冻影院, group leader at the 果冻影院 Cancer Institute and the Francis Crick Institute, chief clinician at Cancer Research UK and consultant at 果冻影院 Hospitals NHS Trust.

He said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 an honour to receive this recognition alongside two talented, inspiring researchers. My laboratory scientists, clinicians, collaborators and support from 果冻影院, the Crick, and CRUK have made this work possible and I鈥檓 really excited to continue our work to understand more about how cancer evolves and find ways to block the path of tumours before they grow, spread and develop drug resistance.鈥�

Commenting Professor Tariq Enver, Director of the 果冻影院 Cancer Institute and lead for the CRUK City of London Centre, said: 鈥淚 am delighted Charlie is being recognised for his seminal work on intra tumour heterogeneity and tumour evolution.

鈥淯nderstanding these processes is essential to developing better treatments for cancer patients, as they are both key determinants of therapy resistance.鈥�

Professor Swanton receives the prize alongside Ralph J DeBerardinis, Professor at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern and investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Sun Hur, Oscar M Schloss Professor at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital and investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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• 果冻影院 Cancer Institute

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• Professor Charles Swanton

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