Sex

As our 20th anniversary year draws to a close, we’re celebrating some of the pioneering women who have contributed to impactful cancer research and paved the way for even more.

Cancer Research UK would like to pay tribute to Dame Valerie Beral, whose research has contributed enormously to the field…

For International Women’s Day, we spoke to three of our incredible researchers about their experiences as women in cancer research and what they think we need to do to secure the next generation of talented scientists.

Over the last 10 years, melanoma skin cancer among men in the UK has increased by almost 50%.

Cancer survivors have just as much sex and can function as well as others their age, according to a Cancer Research UK funded study published today.

Obese women have around a 40 per cent greater risk of developing a weight-related cancer in their lifetime than women of a healthy weight.

Global cancer death rates are more than 50 per cent higher in men than women according to figures published today by Cancer Research UK.

Cancer Research UK survey reveals the barriers women face in their careers to launch the new ‘Women of Influence’ initiative.

Death rates from malignant melanoma – the most serious type of skin cancer – are 70 per cent higher in men than women, despite similar numbers being diagnosed with the disease each year – according to the latest figures from Cancer Research UK

Latest figures from Cancer Research UK reveal that the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK has risen above 40,000.