Diet, activity and cancer

We fund and carry out the world’s largest, most authoritative and up-to-date source of scientific research on cancer prevention and survivorship through diet, nutrition, physical activity and cancer.

Risk factors

What factors affect your risk of getting cancer? Find out

What's the evidence?

Types of cancer

Read our findings on cancer prevention per cancer type

Read what causes each

Cancer Prevention Recommendations

Read what we advise you do to reduce your risk of cancer

Cancer Prevention Recommendations

Cancer matrix

Discover how diet, nutrition and physical activity affect cancer risk

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Our global programme

We’ve built up the largest global cancer prevention database in the world

Why we're different

Cancer trends

Find out which countries have the highest rates of cancer, depending on area and cancer type

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