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Impact of sleep on the development of reproductive system cancers
This INSPIRE project will use data from the UK Biobank and genome-wide association studies to examine the relationship between sleep habits, sleep medications, and the risk of prostate and endometrial cancers
Establishing risk factors for oesophageal cancer to inform prevention
Is your risk of oesophageal cancer determined by what you eat and drink and how this differs by gender, geography, body weight, your alcohol intake and whether you smoke
Dairy and plant foods, and advanced prostate cancer
Calcium, fruit and vegetable intakes were not associated with risk of advanced prostate cancer in this research
More research aimed at helping those living with and beyond cancer
Can dietary fibre improve the gut bacteria response to immunotherapy in melanoma?
This study aims to enhance immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma by supplementing diet with extra dietary fibre
Health behaviour interventions for Indigenous Australian cancer survivors
We’re funding a new research project into whether delivering a health behaviour intervention is feasible and acceptable to Indigenous Australian cancer survivors
Body composition and chemotherapy toxicity in women with early breast cancer
Can the amount of muscle and fat in the body, and how well the cells of the body are working, predict how people respond to chemotherapy?
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Largest ever study of vegetarian diets and cancer shows lower risk of 5 cancers
A major new study funded by has revealed how vegetarian diets may help reduce the risk of specific cancer types
International Childhood Cancer Day 2026
We’re marking International Childhood Cancer Day by highlighting our research programmes across our network of charities that are dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people
The UK’s junk food ad ban: a cautionary tale of delay and dilution
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Melissa Dando, sets out why marketing restrictions on junk food are particularly tricky to get over the line despite the benefits to public health and cancer prevention.
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WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement
Our online Cancer Prevention Workshop is CPD-endorsed by the Association for Nutrition, supporting professionals on diet and lifestyle.
Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad
A man who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma is running the London Marathon for prevention research.
Updating our NOURISHING and MOVING policy tools: future-proofing for the next decade
Our Senior Policy Research Manager takes us behind the scenes to look at the team’s efforts to build tools that support evidence-informed prevention policy around the world.
Latest research-related news and blogs
Largest ever study of vegetarian diets and cancer shows lower risk of 5 cancers
A major new study funded by has revealed how vegetarian diets may help reduce the risk of specific cancer types
International Childhood Cancer Day 2026
We’re marking International Childhood Cancer Day by highlighting our research programmes across our network of charities that are dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people
The UK’s junk food ad ban: a cautionary tale of delay and dilution
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Melissa Dando, sets out why marketing restrictions on junk food are particularly tricky to get over the line despite the benefits to public health and cancer prevention.
Latest research-related news and blogs
Largest ever study of vegetarian diets and cancer shows lower risk of 5 cancers
A major new study funded by has revealed how vegetarian diets may help reduce the risk of specific cancer types
International Childhood Cancer Day 2026
We’re marking International Childhood Cancer Day by highlighting our research programmes across our network of charities that are dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people
The UK’s junk food ad ban: a cautionary tale of delay and dilution
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Melissa Dando, sets out why marketing restrictions on junk food are particularly tricky to get over the line despite the benefits to public health and cancer prevention.
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How exercise affects cancer survivors with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
This research will help us understand the impacts of chemotherapy side-effects on long-term quality of life
Can rehabilitation after bone marrow transplants improve patient outcomes?
We’re funding a new research project to test if providing a rehabilitation programme for people after a bone marrow transplant improves outcomes for blood cancer patients
The link between overweight and obesity, and surviving head and neck cancers
WCRF International is funding a pilot study assessing direction and causality in the association between BMI and head and neck cancer survival
Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of esophageal, gastric, pancreas, lung and breast cancer
Piet van den Brandt’s research concluded that eating a Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of lung, postmenopausal breast, oesophagus (squamous cell carcinoma in men), and stomach cancers
Identification of metabolic signatures related to stress and breast cancer risk and survival
This study examines the associations between self-reported stress and breast cancer risk and survival, and then identify novel blood markers of stress
Exploring the mechanisms linking sleep patterns and breast cancer risk
This INSPIRE project shed light on how being a morning person may help reduce breast cancer risk, identifying 2 proteins that could play a key role.