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Latest news, updates and blogs from World Cancer Research Fund.

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We delivered our petition to 10 Downing Street

As part of Cancer Prevention Action Week 2025, we handed in a letter and petition signed by more than 2,400 people to the Prime Minister.

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Breast cancer and weight gain
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Breast cancer and weight gain

After breast cancer treatment some women find that they have gained weight. We explore the causes and how health professionals can help.

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‘Don’t blame the poor, blame poverty’: understanding health inequalities in cancer
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‘Don’t blame the poor, blame poverty’: understanding health inequalities in cancer

Cancer is not just a matter of biology. We look at the social and environmental factors that can increase a person’s risk of disease.

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Your gut microbiome and how to keep it healthy
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Your gut microbiome and how to keep it healthy

Our expert looks at gut organisms and shares her top tips for how you can improve the health of your gut

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Lower body weight and being physically active could reduce risk of dying from breast cancer
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Lower body weight and being physically active could reduce risk of dying from breast cancer

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‘Look after your body like you have nowhere else to live, because the reality is you don’t’
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‘Look after your body like you have nowhere else to live, because the reality is you don’t’

Nikki Bednall was treated for breast cancer in 2017 and is an advocate for World Cancer Research Fund’s healthy living Recommendations

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New WHO report shows high cost of physical inactivity

New WHO report shows high cost of physical inactivity

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Alcohol and cancer: our new global policy priority
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Alcohol and cancer: our new global policy priority

We’re excited to be joining global efforts to reduce alcohol consumption and share the scientific evidence of alcohol’s harmful effects

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We launch flagship research programme

We launch flagship research programme

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Our supporters
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Our supporters

We’re lucky enough to have a number of dedicated people taking part in events and raising money for World Cancer Research Fund. Here are just a few of our amazing supporters

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Nutrition in Europe: our policy database reveals there’s work to do
A celebration of NOURISHING's 1,000 policy upload

Nutrition in Europe: our policy database reveals there’s work to do

We’ve added the 1,000th nutrition policy to our NOURISHING database of policies that governments have implemented to promote healthy diets and combat obesity

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What’s the story behind the new UK cancer statistics?

What’s the story behind the new UK cancer statistics?

Fascinating insights into the new cancer incidence, mortality & survival data from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

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Major global study says prevention is our best hope for reducing cancer
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Major global study says prevention is our best hope for reducing cancer

New research in The Lancet quantifies cancer risk factors for countries around the world, across age, sex and over time

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