Press releases

Number of UK cancer cases up 30% by 2030
4/02/12

Cancer cases in the UK are expected to rise by nearly a third by 2030 – the 16th highest proportional increase in the European Union.

World Cancer Research Fund welcomes new chairman
1/02/12

World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK) today welcomes restaurateur and impresario Laurence Isaacson CBE as chairman.

World Cancer Research Fund supports World Cancer Day
25/01/12

World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has announced its support for this year’s World Cancer Day with a call for everyone to work towards reducing the burden of diseases like cancer by 25 per cent by 2025.

New phone for Xmas? Raise money for cancer prevention by recycling the old one
11/01/12

The UK’s leading cancer prevention charity is calling for people to donate unwanted mobile phones and other gadgets to its vital research and education programmes.

Charity reveals “troubling” findings on calorie awareness
3/01/12

A “troubling” lack of understanding about the calorie content of everyday food has been revealed in a survey commissioned for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

High blood pressure linked to brain tumour risk
21/12/11
People with high blood pressure may be at increased risk of developing brain tumours, a new study has suggested.

Skydiving duo raise money for cancer prevention
19/12/11

Two students working as interns in Hull have raised hundreds of pounds for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) by completing a daring freefall skydive.

World Cancer Leaders' Summit press release
18/11/11
World Cancer Research Fund International is one of the organisations that is represented at the World cancer Leaders' Summit in Dublin today (Friday). The Union for International Cancer Control is one of the hosts of the event and WCRF International is proud to be one of its members and to support its work against cancer. This is the press release issued for the event:

UK has highest oesophageal cancer rate in Europe
14/11/11
The UK has the highest rate of oesophageal cancer in Europe, according to a new league table of cancer rates.

Call for Britons to get walking as foot journeys plummet by quarter
24/10/11

A cancer charity is calling on people to “take to the streets” to help reverse a 28 per cent fall in the number of journeys by foot over the past 15 years.

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