Cancer is a disease that affects thousands of families in the UK every year. By taking part in a running event and raising money for Cancer Research UK, you will help us beat cancer.

Cancer Research UK is the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research. We carry out world class research to improve our understanding of cancer and find out how to prevent, diagnose and treat different kinds of cancer.

We ensure that our findings are used to improve the lives of all cancer patients. Our vision is that together, we will beat cancer faster.

Find out more about us and about our research on our main website.

These key facts underline the importance of our work:

• More than one in three people in the UK will develop cancer at some point in their lives.
• One in four people will die from cancer – it is the biggest cause of death in the UK.
• There are more than 200 different types of cancer, but the major types – breast, lung, large bowel (colorectal) and prostate – account for over half of all new cases.
• Cancer Research UK relies overwhelmingly on donations from the general public to fund its research – we are the largest single funder of cancer research in the UK.

• Cancer mortality rates have dropped by 11 per cent over the last 10 years.
• More than 70 per cent of all children with cancer now survive.
• 95 per cent of men diagnosed with testicular cancer are successfully treated.
• Breast cancer death rates have fallen by 21 per cent in the last 10 years.

Read more about cancer on our main website.

Cancer Research UK has an award-winning website called CancerHelp UK. It provides free information about cancer and cancer care for patients, their families and friends.