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There are over 200 types of cancer, and there is no single cause that links all of these diseases.
Each individual cancer is caused by a combination of things - some of which we can influence, such as lifestyle choices like smoking, and others that we cannot control, such as age and our genetics.
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- Bodyweight and risk of cancer in the UK - statistics
- Breast cancer risk factors
- Cancer causes
- Causes of cancer - Carcinogens
- Causes of cancer - Lifestyle
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- Dr Sally Roberts
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- Helicobacter pylori and cancer
- Hodgkin lymphoma risk factors
- Hormones and cancer in the UK - statistics
- Human papillomaviruses (HPV)
- Infections and cancer - an overview
- Is cancer just a modern disease?
- Kidney cancer risk factors
- Lesson plan - Design your own health campaign
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- March 2010 podcast transcript
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma risk factors
- Occupation and cancer in the UK - statistics
- Oral cancer risk factors
- Our impact on children's cancers
- Ovarian cancer risk factors
- Physical activity, exercise and cancer
- Prof Alan Storey
- Prof Doug Easton
- Prof Jane Wardle
- Prof John Atherton
- Prof Lawrence Young
- Prof Valerie Beral
- Professor Richard Peto
- Prostate cancer risk factors
- Smokeless tobacco and cancer
- Smoking and cancer
- Statistics on the causes of cancer
- Sunbed use in children
- Talcum powder and cancer
- Thanks for visiting the Cancer Awareness Roadshow
- The evidence behind our health messages
- Tobacco and cancer risk - statistics
- Vaginal cancer risk factors
- What causes cancer?
- All about cancer
- Bowel cancer risk factors
- Cancer Insight - Issue 1 - November 2009
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- Cervical cancer risk factors
- Diet, healthy eating and cancer
- Epstein-Barr virus
- HRT and cancer
- Harmful substances - chemicals, pollution and cancer
- Harmful substances and cancer - chemicals in the workplace
- Hepatitis viruses and cancer
- Hormones and cancer
- Hormones in our environment - do they affect our risk of cancer?
- Infections and cancer
- Infectious agents and cancer - statistics
- Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
- Laryngeal cancer risk factors
- Lesson plan - What is cancer?
- Lung cancer risk factors
- Medical x-rays and cancer
- Obesity, body weight and cancer
- Oesophageal cancer risk factors
- Our impact on breast cancer
- Our research into cancer prevention and causes
- Pancreatic cancer risk factors
- Prof Alan Rickinson
- Prof Chris Boshoff
- Prof Irene Leigh
- Prof Jillian Birch
- Prof Kay-Tee Khaw
- Prof Roland Wolf
- Prof. Paul Pharoah
- Professor Tim Key
- Skin cancer risk factors
- Smoking
- Smoking and cancer: Second-hand smoke
- Stomach cancer risk factors
- Sunlight and sunbeds and skin cancer in the UK - statistics
- Testicular cancer risk factors
- The birth control Pill and cancer
- Things we do can lead to cancer
- Uterine (Womb) Cancer risk factors
- Vulval cancer risk factors
- What is cancer?
Latest Causes of cancer news from Cancer Research UK
- News story: Women smokers' death risk soars
24 January 2013 - News story: TV advert reveals invisible damage done by smoking
4 January 2013 - News story: Lifestyle-linked diseases continue to increase globally
13 December 2012 - News story: EU tobacco directive 'close to stalling'
29 October 2012 - News story: Study links sunbeds to most common forms of skin cancer
3 October 2012 - Press Release: Young Brits’ risky sun habits could increase risk of skin cancer
31 August 2012 - News story: One in 20 hospital beds used to treat smoking-related illnesses
17 August 2012 - News story: Teen smokers 'heed health warnings' on plain cigarette packs
9 August 2012 - News story: Government extends consultation on standardising tobacco packaging
6 July 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK gives boost to UK's budding scientists
2 July 2012
- News story: Study calls for tobacco profits cap
17 January 2013 - Press Release: Bowel cancer gene discovery cracks mystery of families with a strong history of the disease
23 December 2012 - News story: New route to skin cancer in red-haired people uncovered
1 November 2012 - News story: Scottish cigarette vending appeal rejected
11 October 2012 - Press Release: Exposure to X-rays raises risk of breast cancer in young women with BRCA faults
6 September 2012 - News story: 852 million people use tobacco products worldwide
17 August 2012 - Press Release: Scientists discover how iron levels and a faulty gene cause bowel cancer
9 August 2012 - News story: 'Tougher actions' needed to reduce deadly toll of sunbeds
24 July 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK calls on young Britons to stay cool and step into the shade this summer
6 July 2012 - Press Release: Asbestos and shift work boost work-related cancer deaths to over 8,000 a year
20 June 2012
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Tobacco is the single largest preventable cause of cancer worldwide.
