Further breast-cancer related research
Predicting responses to chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment
We’re funding a new research project into identifying chemotherapy pathways altered by nutrients in breast cancer to help develop a tool to select the best treatment for individual patients
Why does obesity increase the risk of certain cancers in women?
We’re exploring the associations between body fatness and breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers
Using mindfulness to reduce stress in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
This study assesses the effect of a 6-week online mindfulness program on stress reduction and related symptoms in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer
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UK government’s National Food Strategy cannot be half-baked
Our Chief Executive gives her thoughts on the UK government’s recent response to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee report

Charity welcomes UK government’s announcement of National Cancer Plan on World Cancer Day
New cancer plan for England aims to reduce the number of lives lost to cancer and improve survival rates.

How mega banks of data are helping scientists make great leaps in cancer research
Scientists need real people to participate in research, and studies need consent, money – and often a lot of time. So what is the UK Biobank, and why is it so important?
More breast cancer research
Predicting responses to chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment
We’re funding a new research project into identifying chemotherapy pathways altered by nutrients in breast cancer to help develop a tool to select the best treatment for individual patients
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?
Exploring the mechanisms linking sleep patterns and breast cancer risk
This INSPIRE project aims to identify blood proteins that mediate the effect of chronotype and breast cancer risk using Mendelian randomisation study design.
Latest research-related news and blogs

Charity welcomes UK government’s announcement of National Cancer Plan on World Cancer Day
New cancer plan for England aims to reduce the number of lives lost to cancer and improve survival rates.

How mega banks of data are helping scientists make great leaps in cancer research
Scientists need real people to participate in research, and studies need consent, money – and often a lot of time. So what is the UK Biobank, and why is it so important?

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
Further breast cancer-related research
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
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
Comprehensive assessment, validation and causal identification of dietary exposures and cancer risk
Konstantinos Tsilidis’s research uses nutrient-wide association studies to look at lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancers
Latest research-related news and blogs

Charity welcomes UK government’s announcement of National Cancer Plan on World Cancer Day
New cancer plan for England aims to reduce the number of lives lost to cancer and improve survival rates.

How mega banks of data are helping scientists make great leaps in cancer research
Scientists need real people to participate in research, and studies need consent, money – and often a lot of time. So what is the UK Biobank, and why is it so important?

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 research-based news and blogs

Charity welcomes UK government’s announcement of National Cancer Plan on World Cancer Day
New cancer plan for England aims to reduce the number of lives lost to cancer and improve survival rates.

How mega banks of data are helping scientists make great leaps in cancer research
Scientists need real people to participate in research, and studies need consent, money – and often a lot of time. So what is the UK Biobank, and why is it so important?

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