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Alcohol increases bowel cancer risk across major tumour subtypes

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Alcohol increases bowel cancer risk across major tumour subtypes

The alcohol–cancer association looked broadly similar across MSI, CIMP, BRAF and KRAS tumour subtypes of bowel cancer.

The secret to healthy ageing: clues from the immune system of centenarians

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The secret to healthy ageing: clues from the immune system of centenarians

What can we learn about healthy ageing and evading disease from the immune system of people over 100 years old?

More than half of patients receiving cancer treatments had a history of obesity, finds study

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More than half of patients receiving cancer treatments had a history of obesity, finds study

A recent publication has provided valuable real-world data on obesity prevalence among people living with cancer.

More lung cancer research

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

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

Evaluating the protective effect of folate against lung cancer in a large European prospective study

Blood concentrations of vitamin B6 and methionine were lower in lung cancer cases than in controls in a study funded by WCRF International

Latest news and blogs

Alcohol increases bowel cancer risk across major tumour subtypes

The alcohol–cancer association looked broadly similar across MSI, CIMP, BRAF and KRAS tumour subtypes of bowel cancer.

The secret to healthy ageing: clues from the immune system of centenarians

What can we learn about healthy ageing and evading disease from the immune system of people over 100 years old?

More than half of patients receiving cancer treatments had a history of obesity, finds study

A recent publication has provided valuable real-world data on obesity prevalence among people living with cancer.

More prostate cancer research

Do vegetarian diets lower cancer risk?

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

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.

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.

More body composition-related research

Investigating the role of lifestyle factors on long-term health outcomes in survivors of childhood cancers

What is the role of lifestyle factors on the long-term health outcomes for people who survive a childhood cancer?

What role do proteins in the blood play in the link between metabolic dysfunction and cancer?

Using data on levels of proteins in the blood from large population studies, we aim to understand how metabolic dysfunction leads to the development of cancers

The link between overweight and obesity, and surviving head and neck cancers

WCRF International is funding a pilot study assessing direction and causality in the association between BMI and head and neck cancer survival

More on oesophageal cancer

Coffee protects against liver cancer while alcohol is linked with numerous cancers

Alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for several cancers including head & neck (mouth, pharynx, larynx), oesophageal and bowel cancer – as well as the more widely known links to breast and liver cancer

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

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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Alcohol increases bowel cancer risk across major tumour subtypes

The alcohol–cancer association looked broadly similar across MSI, CIMP, BRAF and KRAS tumour subtypes of bowel cancer.

The secret to healthy ageing: clues from the immune system of centenarians

What can we learn about healthy ageing and evading disease from the immune system of people over 100 years old?

More than half of patients receiving cancer treatments had a history of obesity, finds study

A recent publication has provided valuable real-world data on obesity prevalence among people living with cancer.

More breast cancer research

Folic acid intake and breast cancer risk

Our findings, funded by WCRF, support epidemiological studies that suggest a U-shaped relationship between folate and cancer risk

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.

Exploring the mechanisms linking sleep patterns and breast cancer risk

This INSPIRE project shed light on how being a morning person may help reduce breast cancer risk, identifying 2 proteins that could play a key role.

Latest news and blogs

Alcohol increases bowel cancer risk across major tumour subtypes

The alcohol–cancer association looked broadly similar across MSI, CIMP, BRAF and KRAS tumour subtypes of bowel cancer.

The secret to healthy ageing: clues from the immune system of centenarians

What can we learn about healthy ageing and evading disease from the immune system of people over 100 years old?

More than half of patients receiving cancer treatments had a history of obesity, finds study

A recent publication has provided valuable real-world data on obesity prevalence among people living with cancer.

More prostate cancer research

Improving cognitive impairment in survivors of prostate cancer

How does physical activity, cognitive training, or a combination of the two help improve fatigue, memory and thinking in men on hormone treatment

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

Impact of dietary energy restriction and exercise on prostate cancer patients

This study will use a newly method to compare the impact of eating less food versus daily exercise on muscle, prostate, and prostate tumour growth responses

More colorectal cancer research

Non-metastatic colorectal cancer: the role of liver fat, treatment tolerance & prognosis

The aim of this project is to unravel the role of liver fat in relation to acute and long-term clinical outcomes in individuals with large bowel cancer

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

Do environmental pollutants contribute to colorectal cancer?

We hypothesise that exposure to microplastics/nanoplastics and PM2.5 contributes to the onset or speed of colorectal cancer progression, through inflammation and affecting how the immune system works