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Dealing with bereavement at Christmas

Michael Clark, our Head of Legacy and In-memory Development, gives his personal take on how to deal with missing someone you love during the festive season

Breaking new ground: our first grants in Ghana and on brain cancer among £4m of research

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Breaking new ground: our first grants in Ghana and on brain cancer among £4m of research

19 new grants awarded including debut grants in Ghana, Iceland and Mexico, and 6 projects on breast cancer, with important study looking at POPs

Peak activity at certain times could play ‘crucial role’ in cutting bowel cancer risk

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Peak activity at certain times could play ‘crucial role’ in cutting bowel cancer risk

Physical activity across the day – with a peak early in the morning and late in the evening – linked to lower risk of colorectal cancer in new research funded by us

Latest news and blogs

Dealing with bereavement at Christmas

Michael Clark, our Head of Legacy and In-memory Development, gives his personal take on how to deal with missing someone you love during the festive season

Breaking new ground: our first grants in Ghana and on brain cancer among £4m of research

19 new grants awarded including debut grants in Ghana, Iceland and Mexico, and 6 projects on breast cancer, with important study looking at POPs

Peak activity at certain times could play ‘crucial role’ in cutting bowel cancer risk

Physical activity across the day – with a peak early in the morning and late in the evening – linked to lower risk of colorectal cancer in new research funded by us

More colorectal cancer research

Vegetables, processed meat, or water: does it matter where we get our nitrate and nitrite from?

Nitrate-rich vegetables are beneficial for health, but evidence links nitrate in water and meat to cancer.

How does coffee influence large bowel cancer survival?

We’re funding a new research project into how regularly drinking coffee may affect survival from large bowel cancer

Body fatness at adolescence, adult attained height and the development of tumours in Lynch syndrome

Investigating the role of body fatness at adolescence & height on cancer in people with Lynch syndrome

More colorectal cancer research

Will following WCRF/AICR’s Recommendations lessen fatigue in colorectal cancer survivors?

This trial asks if healthier lifestyles can reduce fatigue associated with colorectal cancer treatment

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

Body composition and colorectal cancer recurrence and survival

This WCRF-funded research showed that body composition is associated with chances of survival after colorectal cancer and with fatigue