Incidence

Cancer rates in adults under 50 have been rising since the 1990s. Our researchers are leading the effort to turn the trend around.

A landmark report on deprivation and cancer launched at the Scottish Cancer Conference today shows that the burden of cancer is not felt equally across Scotland. 

A new study has has revealed the variation in the number of people being diagnosed with liver cancer across the UK.

The number of new cases of cancer in England is continuing to rise, according to new figures.

For the first time in the UK, more than 10,000* people aged 55 and over were diagnosed with malignant melanoma in a single year.

Rising levels of obesity among UK women have helped fuel a 54 per cent increase in womb cancer rates over the last two decades, according to new statistics.

More than 352,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year – a 12 per cent increase in the rate since the mid-nineties.

A large international study has revealed a clear link between bowel cancer rates and a country’s level of economic development.

Oral cancer is now the tenth most common cancer in men according to new figures released by Cancer Research UK today.