https://www.theguardian.com/cancer-revolutionaries/2021/dec/20/120-years-of-cancer-research-uk-how-science-transformed-survival-rates

Generations of scientists have dedicated their lives to understanding and treating cancer, often funded by Cancer Research UK, a charity that has spent more than a century driving progress for patients

In October 2001, the cell biologist and geneticist Sir Paul Nurse received a phone call from Stockholm telling him that he had won the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. He didn’t quite believe it was true until he saw his name appear on the official Nobel website, confirming he had indeed been awarded medicine’s highest honour.