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Time to be bold and prioritise prevention at UN High-Level Meeting
This year’s UN High-Level Meeting focuses on NCDs. It’s an opportunity to make cancer prevention a priority, so what are we advocating for?

New major cancer prevention report on dietary and lifestyle patterns
World Cancer Research Fund International launches major new report today on the role of Dietary and Lifestyle Patterns (DLPs) for cancer prevention

Putting human rights at the heart of cancer prevention
Suzanne Zhou, from the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, says cancer prevention advocates must engage with human rights law to maximise the co-benefits of human rights and cancer prevention policies
Latest news and blogs

Time to be bold and prioritise prevention at UN High-Level Meeting
This year’s UN High-Level Meeting focuses on NCDs. It’s an opportunity to make cancer prevention a priority, so what are we advocating for?

New major cancer prevention report on dietary and lifestyle patterns
World Cancer Research Fund International launches major new report today on the role of Dietary and Lifestyle Patterns (DLPs) for cancer prevention

Putting human rights at the heart of cancer prevention
Suzanne Zhou, from the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, says cancer prevention advocates must engage with human rights law to maximise the co-benefits of human rights and cancer prevention policies
More colorectal cancer research
Body mass index and surviving colorectal and endometrial cancers
The impact of BMI on cancer-related survival in chemotherapy-naive patients with non-metastatic colorectal and endometrial cancer
Understanding the link between colorectal cancer and obesity through metabolic profiling
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
Identifying the influence of the microbiome and metabolome on intestinal stem cells
We aim to find out if bacteria affect the behaviour of normal and cancerous intestinal stem cells.
More on oesophageal cancer
Ultra-processed food heightens risk of mouth, throat and oesophageal cancers
Eating UPF can cause obesity, but that may not be the only factor linking highly processed food with upper aerodigestive cancers
Rising alcohol consumption in East Africa linked to oesophageal cancer
A new study, led by WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has identified that alcohol consumption clearly contributes to oesophageal cancer risk in East Africa.
Greater food variety could cut risk of gastrointestinal cancers
Risk of cancers including bowel, colon and stomach could be reduced by having a wide variety of food species in our diets
Latest news and blogs

Time to be bold and prioritise prevention at UN High-Level Meeting
This year’s UN High-Level Meeting focuses on NCDs. It’s an opportunity to make cancer prevention a priority, so what are we advocating for?

New major cancer prevention report on dietary and lifestyle patterns
World Cancer Research Fund International launches major new report today on the role of Dietary and Lifestyle Patterns (DLPs) for cancer prevention

Putting human rights at the heart of cancer prevention
Suzanne Zhou, from the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, says cancer prevention advocates must engage with human rights law to maximise the co-benefits of human rights and cancer prevention policies
Latest news and blogs

Time to be bold and prioritise prevention at UN High-Level Meeting
This year’s UN High-Level Meeting focuses on NCDs. It’s an opportunity to make cancer prevention a priority, so what are we advocating for?

New major cancer prevention report on dietary and lifestyle patterns
World Cancer Research Fund International launches major new report today on the role of Dietary and Lifestyle Patterns (DLPs) for cancer prevention

Putting human rights at the heart of cancer prevention
Suzanne Zhou, from the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, says cancer prevention advocates must engage with human rights law to maximise the co-benefits of human rights and cancer prevention policies
More breast cancer research
Adherence to the WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations and Cancer Risk in the EPIC
This research investigated whether following our Recommendations was related to risk of cancers and death
Plasma carotenoids, vitamin C and risk of breast cancer
This research found that women with higher levels of certain antioxidants appeared to have lower breast cancer risk
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.
More prostate cancer research
Does the age you are obese matter?
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of death from prostate cancer, but the underlying causes are poorly understood
Impact of dietary energy restriction and exercise on prostate cancer patients
This study will use a newly method to compare the impact of eating less food versus daily exercise on muscle, prostate, and prostate tumour growth responses
Improving cognitive impairment in survivors of prostate cancer
How does physical activity, cognitive training, or a combination of the two help improve fatigue, memory and thinking in men on hormone treatment
More on pancreatic cancer
Defining characteristics to help predict survival from pancreatic cancer
This project will aim to define a set of patient traits within patients’ body composition, nutritional status, and inflammatory state that is predictive of postoperative course and survival of pancreatic cancer.
Do sugary drinks increase pancreatic cancer risk?
We’re funding a new research project to identify the processes linking fructose consumption and pancreatic cancer
Vitamin D and pancreatic cancer risk
Higher concentrations and dietary intake of vitamin D were not associated with a lower risk of pancreatic cancer.
Latest news and blogs

Time to be bold and prioritise prevention at UN High-Level Meeting
This year’s UN High-Level Meeting focuses on NCDs. It’s an opportunity to make cancer prevention a priority, so what are we advocating for?

New major cancer prevention report on dietary and lifestyle patterns
World Cancer Research Fund International launches major new report today on the role of Dietary and Lifestyle Patterns (DLPs) for cancer prevention

Putting human rights at the heart of cancer prevention
Suzanne Zhou, from the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, says cancer prevention advocates must engage with human rights law to maximise the co-benefits of human rights and cancer prevention policies
More colorectal cancer research
Colorectal cancer survival in Palestine: a feasibility study on lifestyle factors
This small study will determine if we can undertake a large long-term follow-up study to explore the relationship between lifestyle and survival among large bowel cancer patients.
Adherence to the WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations and Cancer Risk in the EPIC
This research investigated whether following our Recommendations was related to risk of cancers and death
The feasibility of a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent recurrence in colorectal cancer survivors
Judy Ho identified only a limited service in Hong Kong that offers specific dietary and activity advice to prevent cancer relapse