Red and processed meat

How does bacon cause cancer? Research shows that moderate processed and red meat eating increases bowel cancer risk.

We asked people to share tips and tricks to make being healthy a bit easier. Each of these hacks are linked to lifestyle changes that cut could cancer risk.

Eating 90 grams of wholegrains a day reduces the risk of bowel cancer by 17%, according to a new report.

For bowel cancer awareness month we look at the different ways you can reduce your risk of the disease.

To mark World Cancer Day, we take a look at how our discoveries over the decades are helping cancer patients all over the world right now.

We’ve enlisted the help of one of our researchers to pick out the biggest cancer research stories of 2015.

In our latest Google Hangout on Air, in partnership with Science on Google+, we focused on the recent headlines about processed meat and cancer risk.

Following today’s headlines about processed meat and cancer we ask how much meat is it sensible to eat? And how many cases of cancer are linked to meat?

Cancer Research UK responds to the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s Monograph for red and processed meat.

Lifestyle factors have caused nearly 600,000 extra cases of cancer in the UK in the past five years – so what can we do about it?