Achievements and future plans

Each year a CUP annual progress report (available from resource downloads) provides an update on achievements to date.

The evidence for all the cancers reviewed as part of the Second Expert Report has been combined into one central CUP database. The database is currently being updated with evidence published since 2006.

A new section in the CUP database for adding evidence on cancer survivors has been developed.

CUP reports on updated evidence are available for breast cancer and colorectal cancer.

The evidence database continues to be updated with research papers as they are published for cancers of the breast, prostate, colorectum and pancreas. Other types of cancer are being updated on a rolling programme with the aim to add at least three new cancers a year.

Work is ongoing to update the database with research papers on cancers of the endometrium and ovary, and breast cancer survivors. The CUP database is expected to be up-to-date for all cancers by 2015.

Between 2015 and 2017 the WCRF global network’s Recommendations for Cancer Prevention will be reviewed based on the emerging evidence by the CUP Expert Panel. New Recommendations or information will be communicated through the WCRF global network education and communications programmes. However, it is possible that one or more Recommendations may be revised earlier if the CUP Expert Panel agrees there is strong evidence for a change.

At the same time the central database will be made available to the wider scientific community. This will mean that scientists all around the world will be able to use it for research.

After 2017 newly published studies will be added to the CUP database and the evidence will be reviewed on an ongoing basis to ensure the Recommendations for Cancer Prevention are based on the latest evidence.

The ongoing findings of the CUP will also help to identify priority areas for future cancer prevention research.