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New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors
Man and woman out cycling through the countryside

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

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We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK
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We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

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Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free
Our pink cooler watermelon slushie recipe

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

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More breast cancer research

How short-term fasting can improve chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

How short-term fasting can improve chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

We’re funding a new research project to enhance our understanding of how short-term fasting-mimicking diets enhance the effects of chemotherapy

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Predicting responses to chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment

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

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Isoflavones and lignans in breast cancer among Chinese women

Isoflavones and lignans in breast cancer among Chinese women

This Hong Kong study will add to the data on the effects of dietary phytoestrogen on breast cancer outcomes

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Latest news and blogs

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors
Man and woman out cycling through the countryside

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

Read more
We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK
News displayed on a tablet computer graphic

We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

Read more
Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free
Our pink cooler watermelon slushie recipe

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

Read more

More prostate cancer research

ERADICATE exercise trial to improve tumour perfusion alongside radiotherapy for prostate cancer patients

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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Understanding how obesity-induced tumour metabolites drive prostate cancer progression

Understanding how obesity-induced tumour metabolites drive prostate cancer progression

This study aims to show that changing diet can reverse obesity-induced tumour and prostate cancer progression

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Identifying which nutrients may cause or protect against prostate cancer

Identifying which nutrients may cause or protect against prostate cancer

Our research hypothesises that folate, vitamin B12, & iron may increase cancer risk; selenium, vitamin D, E & lycopene may protect against

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Latest news and blogs

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors
Man and woman out cycling through the countryside

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

Read more
We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK
News displayed on a tablet computer graphic

We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

Read more
Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free
Our pink cooler watermelon slushie recipe

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

Read more

More colorectal cancer research

Advanced Glycation End Products: are exposures associated with colorectal cancer risk and survival?

Advanced Glycation End Products: are exposures associated with colorectal cancer risk and survival?

Mazda Jenab is researching high fat/protein or animal-source foods, and how they impact colorectal cancer

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

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

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Adherence to the WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations and Cancer Risk in the EPIC

Adherence to the WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations and Cancer Risk in the EPIC

This research investigated whether following our Recommendations was related to risk of cancers and death

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Latest news and blogs

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors
Man and woman out cycling through the countryside

New study shows benefits of physical activity for colon cancer survivors

The CO21 CHALLENGE Trial shows that exercise after colon cancer treatment resulted in longer disease-free survival

Read more
We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK
News displayed on a tablet computer graphic

We join forces with Our Future Health to help prevent cancer across UK

World Cancer Research Fund is now an affiliate partner of Our Future Health and together we aim to unlock deeper insights into cancer prevention through data and research

Read more
Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free
Our pink cooler watermelon slushie recipe

Magnificent mocktails with a fruity take on going alcohol-free

Try our mocktails made in minutes, all with 5 ingredients or fewer

Read more

More prostate cancer research

Identifying which nutrients may cause or protect against prostate cancer

Identifying which nutrients may cause or protect against prostate cancer

Our research hypothesises that folate, vitamin B12, & iron may increase cancer risk; selenium, vitamin D, E & lycopene may protect against

Read more
Vitamin D and prostate cancer

Vitamin D and prostate cancer

Richard Martin and his team observed an association between vitamin D and more aggressive cancers

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How does physical activity lower the risk of cancer?

How does physical activity lower the risk of cancer?

This research, funded by WCRF International, looks at how our genetics affect immunity, hormones and metabolism, and how these affect activity

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More 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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Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of esophageal, gastric, pancreas, lung and breast cancer

Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of esophageal, gastric, pancreas, lung and breast cancer

Piet van den Brandt’s research concluded that eating a Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of lung, postmenopausal breast, oesophagus (squamous cell carcinoma in men), and stomach cancers

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How does exercise improve cancer-related fatigue in patients with advanced breast cancer?

How does exercise improve cancer-related fatigue in patients with advanced breast cancer?

This study investigates how tailored exercise reduces fatigue and improves quality of life in patients with advanced breast cancer.

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More on oesophageal cancer

Establishing risk factors for oesophageal cancer to inform prevention

Establishing risk factors for oesophageal cancer to inform prevention

Is your risk of oesophageal cancer determined by what you eat and drink and how this differs by gender, geography, body weight, your alcohol intake and whether you smoke

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Regular exercise improves quality of life in patients after surgery for oesophageal cancer

Regular exercise improves quality of life in patients after surgery for oesophageal cancer

Important new findings show that taking a regular exercise programme can improve quality of life in patients after surgery for oesophageal cancer

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Should you pop the kettle on?

Should you pop the kettle on?

Paul Brennan, one of our researchers, investigates whether drinking hot tea increases the risk of oesophageal cancer

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More prostate cancer research

Fat tissue and advanced prostate cancer risk

Fat tissue and advanced prostate cancer risk

The aim of this project is to examine the amount of fat surrounding the prostate as a risk factor for aggressive prostate cancer.

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Comprehensive assessment, validation and causal identification of dietary exposures and 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

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Vitamin D and prostate cancer

Vitamin D and prostate cancer

Richard Martin and his team observed an association between vitamin D and more aggressive cancers

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