Explore some of the hundreds of research grants that World Cancer Research Fund has awarded. You can filter your search by cancer type, location, institution or researcher.
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This project aims to determine ‘metabolic signatures’ associated with obesity and assess their link with colorectal cancer, using untargeted metabolomics – a technique that allows simultaneous assessment of thousands of metabolites in blood.
This project will estimate the proportion of avoidable cancer cases and risk of cancer if healthier choices were implemented among certain socio-economic groups – both higher and lower – and in men and women. The aim is to inform a set of tailored recommendations.
The occurrence of colorectal cancer in young adults is rising in many high-income countries. This study will pool data from analyses of 25 worldwide studies, containing data on more than 3 million people, to investigate the possible role of overweight/obesity, diabetes, diet, and being physically inactive in the development of early-onset colorectal cancer.
This project will investigate the biological processes behind the link between obesity and endometrial cancer. We hope that these findings will have implications for understanding the process of obesity-related cancer developing.
This project provided a better understanding of the metabolic processes by which obesity, hypertension and other associated conditions, as well as B vitamins, influence the risk of kidney cancer
This research will look at whether eating a wider variety of foods will lower the risk of cancer and improve the health of the environment
Isabelle Soerjomataram and her team discovered that being overweight and obese for a longer period during adulthood has an impact on getting cancer and also on surviving after a cancer diagnosis
Paul Brennan’s research study will help us understand more about this cancer type and help clarify whether poor diet and hot beverage consumption are likely to be important risk factors
> On the blog: Drinking hot tea – what are the cancer risks?
Paul Brennan’s research will assess the role of obesity and insulin across multiple cancers using Mendelian randomisation
Valerie McCormack’s (far right, with research team) study is on dietary factors in the African oesophageal cancer corridor
