Cancer Research UK

We want to bring about a world where everybody can lead longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.

A world where:

• Some types of cancer are effectively eliminated
• Many more are prevented from developing in the first place
• People who do develop cancer are diagnosed at the earliest possible stage so they can be successfully treated
• Treatments are more effective, kinder and more targeted, so people can lead better, more fulfilling lives
• Everyone shares in this progress equally, regardless of who they are, where they’re from or what type of cancer they have

Cancer Research UK was formed more than 20 years ago, in 2002. However, our history goes back much further, to 1902, with the founding of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Thanks to our supporters, our pioneering work into how to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer has benefitted millions of lives over the past 120 years.

Over the last 40 years, cancer survival in the UK has doubled. In the 1970s just 1 in 4 people survived their disease for 10 years or more. Today 2 in 4 survive.

Our ambition is to accelerate progress and see 3 in 4 patients surviving the disease by 2034.