Continuous Update Project

Overview

The WCRF global network has a long-term commitment to the Continuous Update Project, which benefits research institutions around the globe.

The aim is to update all 17 cancer sites and cancer survivors reviewed in the original 2007 Report on a rolling basis by 2015. The Expert Panel will then start the process of deciding whether changes should be made to the WCRF global network’s Recommendations for Cancer Prevention.

Information as to whether the Second Expert Report Recommendations are confirmed or require changes will be communicated through the WCRF global network education and communications programmes in 2017.

After 2015 scientists in all countries will be able to apply for access to the comprehensive CUP database and obtain detailed information from published papers without needing to search for and input the data themselves. This will help to promote more research in the area worldwide. It will be possible to interrogate and utilise the data to investigate the relationship between diet, physical activity, obesity and cancer. In the meantime, the database, as it develops, is available to researchers on request as the information is being continuously analysed.

For more details on the Continuous Update Project visit our newly designed Diet and Cancer Report website.