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You donate. We discover.

Donate to help us prevent, detect and treat over 200 types of cancer.

Your donations fund our progress

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Preventing Cancer

Our research led to the development of the HPV vaccine which is expected to prevent almost 90% of cervical cancer cases in the UK.

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Detecting Cancer

In the last 50 years, our work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. Finding new ways to detect cancer at an early stage has played an important role in this.

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Treating Cancer

More than 8 in 10 people who receive cancer drugs in the UK receive a drug developed by us, or with us.* We are pioneering new treatments.

Mei-Ling's story

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My biggest fears were not seeing my daughter start school, and not seeing my girls grow up. But thanks to Cancer Research UK, now I will.

- Mei-Ling

Make your money go further with a monthly donation

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Small amounts, big discoveries

Every pound matters. When you make a regular donation, however small the amount, your impact builds up to power our biggest breakthroughs.

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Monthly donations, more research

When you pay by Direct Debit, it helps keep our costs down so we can spend more on life-saving research.

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Long-term projects, life-saving progress

Monthly donations give us a regular income. And a regular and predictable income means we can commit to pioneering long-term research projects with the biggest potential to save and improve lives in the future.

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Call our supporter services line (Monday to Friday, 8am - 8pm, Saturday & Sunday, 9am - 5pm).

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Fund the research that matters most to you

We’re the only charity funding research into all 200 types of cancer. When you give to Cancer Research UK, we think carefully about where we spend the income across all cancer types.

But if you'd like to donate to a type of cancer, we have 17 areas you can choose to fund. From bowel cancer to children's cancers or simply where the need is greatest.

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There are other ways you can support our amazing research if you don't want to donate online.

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