World Cancer Research Fund becomes an affiliate charity of Our Future Health
Our affiliate charities are sharing their expertise in the prevention, early detection and treatment of disease with Our Future Health. By joining forces, the charities are also able to shape the programme to ensure it is fit to serve the research needs of a range of diseases and conditions.
World Cancer Research Fund
WCRF examines how diet, nutrition, weight and physical activity affect people’s risks of developing and surviving cancer. As part of an international network of charities, they fund life-saving research, influence policy and raise public awareness. This work helps prevent cancer and enables people to live longer, healthier lives.
Cancer
1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. In 2021, there were 168,873 deaths caused by cancer in the UK, which is more than 462 deaths each day. Of these deaths, the most common cause was lung cancer. According to WCRF, cases of cancer among women have increased more than men.
Affiliate charities
Our Future Health is joining with many of the UK’s leading health research charities who are providing valuable support and expertise to help develop Our Future Health. They will make a big impact in allowing us to ultimately change the way we prevent, detect and treat diseases.
UK Director at World Cancer Research Fund, Steven Greenberg, said: “It is tremendously exciting to be a part of the UK’s largest, most diverse health research programme. We know that 40% of cancers can be prevented through modifiable factors such as diet and exercise, and with a growing rate of diagnoses, collaboration to better understand these risks is more important and timelier than ever.”
“By working together, we will be able to combine our own extensive knowledge and experience on cancer prevention with the knowledge and insight coming from Our Future Health to further understand how cancer risk can be affected by diet and lifestyle.”
Dr Raghib Ali, CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Our Future Health, said, “We’re so pleased to welcome World Cancer Research Fund as our newest affiliate charity partner. We know that cancer will affect half of us in our lifetimes, and together with WCRF we want to improve cancer prevention, so more people can live longer, healthier lives. Their expertise in funding life-saving research will be really valuable for Our Future Health.”
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Learn how researchers are already studying Our Future Health to make new discoveries about cancer.