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Scientific Yearbook 2007/08

Our Scientific Yearbook showcases a broad range of our scientific activities through highlight articles, short reports and factual information about the charity as a whole. We also publish a geographical listing of the research supported by Cancer Research UK.


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Scientific Yearbook – full report

This contains all the pages from the Scientific Yearbook 2007/08. Please note that the PDF may take a few minutes to download if you have a slow connection.

Scientific Yearbook 2007/08 (3.6MB)


Scientific Yearbook – sections

All the individual articles in the Scientific Yearbook.

Chief Executives introduction (76KB)

Our goals for 2020 (44KB)

Making progress (60KB)

Statistics (67KB)

The future of research (83KB)

Finding and funding the best research (90KB)

Discovering and developing new cancer drugs (88KB)

Raising funds (95KB)

Spending on research (141KB)

Hunting cancer genes (103KB)

Population and prevention research (253KB)

Basic research (319KB)

Clinical and transitional research (328KB)

Quality of life research (157KB)

From concept to clinic (101KB)

How to find out more (63KB)


Download our other reports

Annual Review 2007/08 Annual Review 2007/08 – contains information about Cancer Research UK's financial performance over the past year.



Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 Our Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 – contains information about Cancer Research UK's financial performance over the past year.