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New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

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New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

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We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Our pink cooler watermelon slushie recipe

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

Latest news and blogs

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

Further breast-cancer related research

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

Body composition and breast cancer risk

Laure Dossus’s research study looks at whether the association between body composition and breast cancer risk is mediated by immune function and chronic inflammation

Chronic platelet activation – a major link between diet, lifestyle and cancer risk?

We’re funding the first comprehensive prospective study on chronic platelet activation in healthy subjects and subsequent cancer risk

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More INSPIRE grants

Harnessing γδ T-cell therapies with exercise to treat multiple myeloma

This study investigates how exercise boosts γδ T-cells to strengthen immune responses against multiple myeloma, with the potential to develop new treatments that improve patient outcomes

Early life infections: pathways to prevent adult cancers?

This INSPIRE project investigated whether severe acute infections early in life are linked to risk of cancer in early adulthood.

Insulin resistance as driver of myosteatosis in colorectal cancer

This study explores if insulin resistance drives fat accumulation in muscles, and worsen the prognosis of people with colorectal cancer

More prostate cancer research

Vitamin D and prostate cancer

Richard Martin and his team observed an association between vitamin D and more aggressive cancers

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

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

Latest news and blogs

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

Latest news and blogs

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

Latest news and blogs

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

More lung cancer research

Evaluating the protective effect of folate against lung cancer in a large European prospective study

Blood concentrations of vitamin B6 and methionine were lower in lung cancer cases than in controls in a study funded by WCRF International

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

Older adults with cancer: designing a diet and activity model of care

This project aims to co-design and test the feasibility of a new diet and physical activity programme for older people with cancer based on their values and needs.