Our Global Network is dedicated to funding research and health education programmes into the links between food, nutrition, physical activity, body fatness and cancer risk.
To find out more about statistics relating to preventability estimates for these cancers see the WCRF International website
Cancers currently being updated
The CUP database is being kept up to date with all relevant papers from randomised controlled trials and cohort studies published.
In January 2013 the database contained 3134 papers on cancers of the breast, colorectum, prostate, pancreas, endometrium, ovary, bladder, kidney, liver and gallbladder; and polyps and breast cancer survivors.
This includes 2706 papers on the different cancers, 138 papers on polyps and 290 papers on breast cancer survivors.
Different cancers
The database contains 2706 papers on cancer prevention, including 2630 papers from cohort studies and 76 papers from randomised controlled trials, as shown in the charts below.
Cohort studies
Randomised controlled trials
Polyps
The database contains 138 papers on polyps, including 91 papers from cohort studies and 47 studies from randomised controlled trials.
Breast cancer survivors
The database contains 290 papers on breast cancer survivors, including 244 papers from cohort studies and 46 papers from randomised controlled trials.