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Our breakthroughs start with you

Last year¹

, supporters like you raised a total of £65m in regular donations alone. It's incredible what we can achieve together. Regular donations help us to commit to long-term projects with the greatest potential to transform lives.

Thanks to progress in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, more than a million lives have been saved from the disease in the UK since the mid-1980s²

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Meet David

I retired early to make the most of life’s pleasures – gardening, playing bowls and walking. Taking part in the ProMOTE study has allowed me to have many more of those pleasures for years to come.

- David

Making prostate cancer cells glow during surgery

Our researchers discovered that a fluorescent dye could light up prostate cancer cells. It can help surgeons see and remove as much cancer as possible while leaving healthy cells untouched. In 2019, surgeons used the dye to help them remove David’s prostate and other cancerous tissue. This was part of the initial trial of the dye, ProMOTE, where our researchers showed that it can make surgery kinder and more effective.

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Your support makes a real difference and with your help we've come so far, but our work isn't done. By increasing your regular donations 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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Lighting up prostate cancer

Prostate cancer cells can be hard for a surgeon to spot, so we're using a fluorescent dye to light them up.

The world's first trial of a vaccine to prevent lung cancer

Next year, we'll be launching the world's first trial of a vaccine designed to prevent lung cancer. Read our announcement article for the details.

A breath test to detect stomach cancer

Our researchers are developing a breath test that could detect stomach cancer earlier and help people get treatment faster.

With your support, we can fund more research to help prevent, detect and treat over 200 types of cancer. Thanks to your regular donations, you're helping power the next big breakthrough.

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Your regular donations allow us to plan future research

Your donations are helping make amazing breakthroughs and together, we can achieve even more. With your regular support we can plan ahead and commit to long-term research projects with huge potential to help beat cancer.

Your support

We’re so grateful for the generous support of people who give regular donations. Thanks to supporters like you, we have the vital resources, facilities and funding necessary to make a difference for people affected by cancer.

- Dr Dominic Rothwell

Your regular donations help power research like Dr Dominic Rothwell's work on cancer detection.

At our National Biomarker Centre in Manchester, Dr Dominic Rothwell is developing innovative blood tests that look for tiny fragments of cancer DNA in the blood. They could help detect cancer before it's visible on a scan.

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Your help has powered another year of our vital work

Long-term planning is essential if we're to fund the best research projects, with the biggest potential to save lives. That's why your support is so important. The more money we raise, the more research we can fund and the faster we can outsmart cancer.

Learn more about how we're moving forward with your donations in our annual update.

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