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Preventing cancer. Saving lives

At World Cancer Research Fund, we examine how diet, weight and physical activity can affect your risk of developing and surviving cancer. Our prevention and survival work is helping people to live longer, happier and healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer.

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Dealing with bereavement at Christmas 
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Dealing with bereavement at Christmas 

Michael Clark, our Head of Legacy and In-memory Development, gives his personal take on how to deal with missing someone you love during the festive season

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Breaking new ground: our first grants in Ghana and on brain cancer among £4m of research
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Breaking new ground: our first grants in Ghana and on brain cancer among £4m of research

19 new grants awarded including debut grants in Ghana, Iceland and Mexico, and 6 projects on breast cancer, with important study looking at POPs

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Peak activity at certain times could play ‘crucial role’ in cutting bowel cancer risk
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Peak activity at certain times could play ‘crucial role’ in cutting bowel cancer risk

Physical activity across the day – with a peak early in the morning and late in the evening – linked to lower risk of colorectal cancer in new research funded by us

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Our flagship research work has transformed the field of cancer prevention

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Preventing cancer. Saving lives

While society continues to search for a cure, our prevention and survival work helps people to live longer, healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer.