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Cancer physician connects with patients by running the London Marathon
Runners take part in a road race on a bridge beneath a Willis Avenue Bridge sign. The sun is shining, and one runner in the centre is smiling and waving at the camera. Other runners are seen in various athletic outfits.

Cancer physician connects with patients by running the London Marathon

A doctor from Arkansas is fundraising in honour of her loved ones and cancer patients.

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WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement 

WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement 

Our online Cancer Prevention Workshop is CPD-endorsed by the Association for Nutrition, supporting professionals on diet and lifestyle.

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Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad
A man with dark hair and a striped shirt smiles and looks to his left while holding a baby in a white babygrow who is reaching forward and smiling. They are indoors, sitting at a table with bottles and cups.

Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad

A man who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma is running the London Marathon for prevention research.

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More lung cancer research

Exploring selenium and lung cancer risk

Exploring selenium and lung cancer risk

We’re studying how selenium may influence lung cancer biology and survival of cancer cells, with the aim of informing future guidance

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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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Older adults with cancer: designing a diet and activity model of care

Older adults with cancer: designing a diet and activity model of care

This project aims to co-design and test the feasibility of a new diet and physical activity programme for older people with cancer based on their values and needs.

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Latest news and blogs

Cancer physician connects with patients by running the London Marathon
Runners take part in a road race on a bridge beneath a Willis Avenue Bridge sign. The sun is shining, and one runner in the centre is smiling and waving at the camera. Other runners are seen in various athletic outfits.

Cancer physician connects with patients by running the London Marathon

A doctor from Arkansas is fundraising in honour of her loved ones and cancer patients.

Read more
WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement 

WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement 

Our online Cancer Prevention Workshop is CPD-endorsed by the Association for Nutrition, supporting professionals on diet and lifestyle.

Read more
Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad
A man with dark hair and a striped shirt smiles and looks to his left while holding a baby in a white babygrow who is reaching forward and smiling. They are indoors, sitting at a table with bottles and cups.

Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad

A man who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma is running the London Marathon for prevention research.

Read more

More prostate cancer research

Selenium and the prostate: clinical trials on availability to prostate tissue and effects on gene expression

Selenium and the prostate: clinical trials on availability to prostate tissue and effects on gene expression

Ellen Kampman’s study showed that selenium is able to induce changes in the expression of a number of genes in the prostate

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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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Helping prostate cancer survivors in disadvantaged areas

Helping prostate cancer survivors in disadvantaged areas

A study, funded by WCRF, of the feasibility of a nurse-led behaviour change intervention to increase activity for prostate cancer survivors

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More body composition-related research

Cancer-related fatigue in colorectal cancer survivors

Cancer-related fatigue in colorectal cancer survivors

This study aims to unravel the biological mechanisms linking sedentary behaviour and activity with fatigue in colorectal cancer survivors

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Body composition and breast cancer risk

Body composition and breast cancer risk

Laure Dossus’s research study looks at whether the association between body composition and breast cancer risk is mediated by immune function and chronic inflammation

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Understanding the link between colorectal cancer and obesity through metabolic profiling

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

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More on oesophageal cancer

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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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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Investigating major risk factors of oesophageal cancer in north-eastern Iran

Investigating major risk factors of oesophageal cancer in north-eastern Iran

This study will help clarify whether poor diet and hot beverage consumption are important risk factors

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Latest news and blogs

Cancer physician connects with patients by running the London Marathon
Runners take part in a road race on a bridge beneath a Willis Avenue Bridge sign. The sun is shining, and one runner in the centre is smiling and waving at the camera. Other runners are seen in various athletic outfits.

Cancer physician connects with patients by running the London Marathon

A doctor from Arkansas is fundraising in honour of her loved ones and cancer patients.

Read more
WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement 

WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement 

Our online Cancer Prevention Workshop is CPD-endorsed by the Association for Nutrition, supporting professionals on diet and lifestyle.

Read more
Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad
A man with dark hair and a striped shirt smiles and looks to his left while holding a baby in a white babygrow who is reaching forward and smiling. They are indoors, sitting at a table with bottles and cups.

Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad

A man who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma is running the London Marathon for prevention research.

Read more

More breast cancer research

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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Chronic platelet activation – a major link between diet, lifestyle and cancer risk?

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

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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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Latest news and blogs

Cancer physician connects with patients by running the London Marathon
Runners take part in a road race on a bridge beneath a Willis Avenue Bridge sign. The sun is shining, and one runner in the centre is smiling and waving at the camera. Other runners are seen in various athletic outfits.

Cancer physician connects with patients by running the London Marathon

A doctor from Arkansas is fundraising in honour of her loved ones and cancer patients.

Read more
WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement 

WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Workshop receives CPD endorsement 

Our online Cancer Prevention Workshop is CPD-endorsed by the Association for Nutrition, supporting professionals on diet and lifestyle.

Read more
Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad
A man with dark hair and a striped shirt smiles and looks to his left while holding a baby in a white babygrow who is reaching forward and smiling. They are indoors, sitting at a table with bottles and cups.

Cancer survivor runs the London Marathon in memory of his dad

A man who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma is running the London Marathon for prevention research.

Read more

More prostate cancer research

Does the age you are obese matter?

Does the age you are obese matter?

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of death from prostate cancer, but the underlying causes are poorly understood

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Do vegetarian diets lower cancer risk?

Do vegetarian diets lower cancer risk?

This research found that vegetarians had a reduced risk of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract

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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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