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Further breast cancer-related research

Childhood growth and body size across the life course: pathways to breast cancer

Childhood growth and body size across the life course: pathways to breast cancer

This research looks at how a woman’s body size throughout her life affects the risk of breast cancer

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Defining the role of diet and age in the spreading of breast cancer

Defining the role of diet and age in the spreading of breast cancer

This research assesses metabolism, gene and protein expression in breast cancer cells, aged, obese and control mice with breast tumours and patient samples to understand formation of metastasis

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Does exercise offer long-term benefits for people with metastatic breast cancer?

Does exercise offer long-term benefits for people with metastatic breast cancer?

A previous study showed that a supervised exercise programme reduced fatigue, pain and shortness of breath. We want to find out if these effects last

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Latest news and blogs

Celebrating Cancer Prevention Action Week success 
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Celebrating Cancer Prevention Action Week success 

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Cancer Prevention Action Week: Science Not Fiction. 

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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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