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Feasibility study using exercise for survivors of paediatric sarcoma
This will be the first study to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a programme to improve fitness, physical function and physical activity in survivors of childhood sarcoma
Understanding the link between colorectal cancer and obesity through metabolic profiling
This project aims to determine ‘metabolic signatures’ associated with obesity and assess their link with colorectal cancer, using untargeted metabolomics – a technique that allows simultaneous assessment of thousands of metabolites in blood
Using AI chatbots to support families of children with cancer
This INSPIRE project developed an artificial intelligence chatbot called DAPHNE, to address social needs in real-time for families of children with cancer.
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Body composition and risk of obesity-related cancers
A better understanding of how body composition affects cancer risk is needed to optimise the recommendations to the general public on body size and cancer
Lifetime overweight and obesity: impact on cancer survival
This study investigated the exact relationship between obesity and cancer survival
ERADICATE exercise trial to improve tumour perfusion alongside radiotherapy for prostate cancer patients
The ERADICATE exercise trial aims to increase the flow of oxygen to the prostate tumour alongside radiotherapy.
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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
Body mass index in childhood and risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer
The study aims to determine whether a larger body size in childhood protects against a risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer.
How does physical activity reduce the risk of breast cancer?
Funded by WKOF, we’re working on the key biological pathways linking physical activity with breast cancer risk
Latest research-related news and blogs
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.
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.
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.