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Who we are

An international network of charities, we’ve been funding life-saving research, influencing global health policy and informing the public since 1982.

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Our vision is to live in a world where no one dies of a preventable cancer

World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) International is a not-for-profit organisation that leads and unifies a network of cancer prevention charities.

The registered charities in our network comprise the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), World Cancer Research Fund in the UK, Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds in the Netherlands and World Cancer Research Fund Hong Kong, giving us a global voice to inform people about cancer prevention.

We champion the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce their cancer risk.

World Cancer Research Fund International’s ground-breaking research is used to produce the evidence-based Cancer Prevention Recommendations that help save lives around the world. We also lead on global policy work to advocate for better public health policies to help prevent cancer.

The World Cancer Research Fund network

Our US site

American Institute for Cancer Research

AICR was founded in 1982 to increase awareness of the diet-cancer link.

Visit our Dutch charity

Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds

WKOF is the authority in the Netherlands on the relationship between nutrition, lifestyle and cancer

Our UK work

World Cancer Research Fund

In the UK, we have been spreading the message of cancer prevention since 1990