We start new cancer cures so that one day, no life is cut short by cancer.
Join us. Become a Curestarter today.
Curestarters share our belief that no life should be cut short by cancer. They combine empathy with action – helping us bring forward the cancer research breakthroughs of tomorrow.
Have fun and raise crucial funds!
Take us one step closer to a day when no life is cut short by cancer and organise your own fundraising event today. From the tried and tested to the unique and unexpected, every penny makes a difference.
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Challenge yourself and we will challenge cancer
However you participate, you will be raising funds for vital research. Join Team Curestarter and one of our upcoming events and take another step towards a day when no life is cut short by cancer.
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Light the way to lifesaving new cures
Find out more about our simple and free Will writing service and help reveal new ways to stop cancer, giving hope for generations to come.
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A win for everyone from just £1
Every single time you play the Worldwide Cancer Research lottery, you could win up to £10,000. And every single research project you help fund takes us one step closer to a day when no life is cut short by cancer.
Your questions answered
Why haven't we cured cancer yet?
We explain the reasons why cancer is especially hard to cure, but also the reasons to be optimistic for the future of cancer research.
We have funded over £200 million of research worldwide since 1979 and cancer survival rates in the UK have doubled in that time. But global funding for discovery research has declined in recent years and now we risk losing the cancer cures of the future. Your support will help turn the tide.
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90,436Curestarters & counting have helped us fund... -
123projects in the last five years. But we have had to turn down… -
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Real life impact:
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Real life impactThe incredible story behind a lifesaving cancer drug
Curestarters funded crucial early research that helped launch a revolutionary drug, that has already been used to treat over 140,000 cancer patients worldwide Clinical trials are now ongoing to see if it could save even more.
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Real life impactDrugging the 'undruggable' target in cancer
A research project you helped fund in 2013 allowed Dr Laura Soucek to develop a new treatment called omomyc, and prove that it was ready for clinical trials.
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Real life impactRepurposing a diabetes drug for cancer treatment
Your support helped a drug for type 2 diabetes be tested in over 100 clinical trials for treatment and prevention of cancer.
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Real life impactFive key risk factors for endometrial cancer that you should know about
Thanks to your support Dr Tracy O’Mara and her team in Australia have made an important breakthrough in understanding risk factors for endometrial cancer.
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Real life impactMini tumour organoids to help personalise cancer treatment
You helped fund research that allowed scientists to grow mini tumour organoids in the lab from a patient’s own cancer cells to study the disease and personalise treatment.
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Find out more about how your support saves lives.
