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Can you trust what you read about cancer and diet on social media? 
A person lounging on a sofa uses a mobile phone, scrolling through a social media feed filled with health misinformation, while wearing a large ring on the other hand. The phone screen shows various messages and photos.

Can you trust what you read about cancer and diet on social media? 

During Cancer Prevention Action Week, more than 30 online health professionals and experts backed our Science Not Fiction campaign – and helped explain why health misinformation is a serious public health problem.

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WCRF attends UK parliamentary roundtable on health misinformation
A group of thirteen people stand and smile in a well-lit meeting room. The woman in the centre holds a book on the immune system and cancer. Several people wear conference badges, and there’s a table with a tablet and notepads in the foreground.

WCRF attends UK parliamentary roundtable on health misinformation

World Cancer Research Fund joined clinicians, researchers and policymakers at Westminster to discuss the real-world impact of health misinformation and what needs to change.

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How a Fellowship helped Dr Mike Coleman uncover links between obesity, the immune system and cancer
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How a Fellowship helped Dr Mike Coleman uncover links between obesity, the immune system and cancer

During his AICR/WCRF Fellowship, Assistant Professor Mike Coleman helped uncover how obesity weakens the immune system’s ability to fight cancer.

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