He was 51 when he died of bowel cancer in 1993.
Shortly after, his widow Stephanie Moore OBE set up a fund to raise money for bowel cancer research and increase public awareness of the disease – The Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.
Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, with 46 people losing their life to the disease every day in the UK. We need to continue our mission to tackle it, so people can live longer, better lives free from the fear of bowel cancer.
£31m
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we’ve raised more than £31m since Bobby’s death.
30%
The research and awareness made possible by the Bobby Moore Fund have contributed to a fall of more than 30% in mortality rates for bowel cancer.
Football Shirt Friday takes place every April to raise money for the Bobby Moore Fund. Wear your football shirt, share a selfie and donate to help tackle bowel cancer!
Join the team and take on a challenge to help tackle bowel cancer. Find a challenge that’s right for you and specify that you’re competing for the Bobby Moore Fund.
Preventing cancer will have the greatest impact when it comes to saving lives and reducing the burden on our health services. That’s why we’re finding ways to prevent cancers from developing in the first place.
In Leicester, Professor Karen Brown is leading the COLO-PREVENT trial to improve survival for bowel cancer. She’s investigating whether two commonly used drugs – the diabetes drug metformin and the painkiller aspirin – could prevent people with a high risk of bowel cancer from developing the disease.
Ultimately, this research could lead to new therapies that could be used alongside screening programmes to prevent bowel cancer in people who are at high risk.
Over recent years, we’ve helped develop new treatments for bowel cancer, improving survival. But it remains one of the most common causes of cancer death in the UK. We urgently need better ways to treat it.
Scientists have discovered that many people with bowel cancer have errors in how their cells create energy.
In Newcastle, Dr Laura Greaves is investigating these errors to understand how they fuel cancer growth. Her team are studying advanced models of cancer, grown in the lab to mimic tumours in our bodies, to discover if blocking the cancer's energy sources can stop it from growing.
This research could reveal weaknesses in bowel cancer cells which could provide opportunities for new treatments. By cutting off cancer’s energy supply, our researchers hope to develop more effective therapies to help people live longer, better lives.
Find out more about bowel cancer research
There are around 46,600 new bowel cancer cases in the UK every year.* If diagnosed at the earliest stage, around 9 in 10 patients will survive their cancer for more than five years, compared with around 1 in 10 people at the latest stage.
54% of bowel cancers in the UK are preventable. Bowel screening looks for early signs of cancer before they’re noticeable, or changes in your bowel that could lead to cancer. It can help doctors find cancer early, before any symptoms develop.
Symptoms of bowel cancer can include a change in your normal bowel habit or blood in your poo. In most cases it won’t be cancer. But if it is, finding it early can make a real difference.
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