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19 new research grant awards

We’ve invested more than £5m in bold, imaginative science that will help people avoid cancer and live better and longer after a diagnosis.

Read more about all the grants

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Preventing cancer, saving lives

At World Cancer Research Fund, we examine how diet, weight and physical activity can affect your risk of developing and surviving cancer. Our work helps people to live longer, happier and healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer

More about us and our work

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Get our new cookbook

We’ve created a brand-new cookbook – Cook through cancer: meals that matter – to support people living with and beyond cancer, and those who care for them.

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It’s never too early to stock up and send out festive greetings

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Introducing CANDO

Our new research programme will look at how fat and muscle levels, as well as diet, weight and physical activity, are associated with a patient’s response to breast cancer treatments

Learn more about CANDO

Try a new recipe

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Try a new recipe

We have hundreds of healthy dishes to try for all different tastes

What will you cook today?

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Contact our Helpline

Our oncology specialist dietitians are here to answer all of your cancer and nutrition questions

Healthy recipe books

Budget bites cookbook

Healthy recipe books

Order or download one of our cookbooks, packed with tasty meal ideas

Check your cancer risk

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Check your cancer risk

Could your lifestyle be making you attractive to cancer? Take our test today

Cook Through Cancer

Cook through cancer

Cook Through Cancer

Free online cookery classes for people affected by cancer

Our Recommendations

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Our Recommendations

Our prescription to help you reduce your risk of cancer

A new way of living

Our Global Cancer Update Programme

Our Global Cancer Update Programme

Our flagship research work has transformed the field of cancer prevention

Our grant programmes

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Our grant programmes

We fund innovative and original research globally

Influencing policy

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Influencing policy

We want cancer prevention to be a top priority for governments

How we achieve this

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Run for us

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