Sector Review – Punching Below Our Weight – Cancer Prevention
To commemorate World Cancer Day 4th February 2024, we are publishing our latest report “Punching Below Our Weight: A Review of the Cancer Charity Sector’s Attitudes to Cancer Prevention”, in which we review almost 50 organisations in the cancer charity sector for their attitudes to cancer prevention. Although a widespread commitment to prevention exists among… Read More >
State of play: screening
Throughout this Cancer Prevention Action Week, we are reviewing the current state of public policy for the major risk factors in causing preventable cancers. CancerWatch’s mission is to secure a reduction and ultimately the elimination of preventable cancers. Very technically, screening might seem to sit outside the scope of this work: if a screening programme… Read More >
State of play: alcohol
Throughout this Cancer Prevention Action Week, we are reviewing the current state of public policy for the major risk factors in causing preventable cancers. Like poor diet and smoking, alcohol can cause many illnesses. The most widely recognised are probably liver disease and the life-disrupting effects of alcohol addiction, but the causal link to cancer… Read More >
State of play: diet and food
Throughout this Cancer Prevention Action Week, we are reviewing the current state of public policy for the major risk factors in causing preventable cancers. There is a clear link between obesity and numerous cancers – 13, according to Cancer Research UK. This link is both statistically clear, and increasingly well understood in biomedical terms: fat… Read More >
State of play: smoking
Throughout this Cancer Prevention Action Week, we are reviewing the current state of public policy for the major risk factors in causing preventable cancers. Tobacco use is the area where historically there has been the strongest policy action to prevent harm. Much of the progress in extending life expectancy over the later part of the… Read More >
Cancer prevention needs structural change: individual responsibility isn’t enough
It’s a remarkable statistic that around 40% of cancers in the UK are preventable. It offers great hope for improvements in the future, but at the same time makes depressingly clear how many people are becoming ill and dying who would otherwise have enjoyed years of good health. Overwhelmingly, the things that make these cases… Read More >