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Action Against Cancer funds the development of cures for cancer at Imperial College London, the University of Sussex and Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge.

Joined January 2020
We’re delighted to share the publication of findings by a team we fund at Imperial College London showing that a significant small molecule is present in the RNA of breast and colon cancer - opening up a whole new way to understand how cancer cells behave. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Huge thanks to everyone involved with the Hulcote and Salford Village Charity Breakfast for fundraising for our work! We’re delighted that the sun shone for you and we are very grateful for your support.
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We’ve partnered with Discover Adventure so that you can take on an incredible challenge while fundraising for our work! How about trekking to watch an eclipse in Morocco in 2027, or cycling from London to Paris? Loads of amazing events to choose from: discoveradventure.com/challe…
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Congratulations to David Costello for completing the Two Castles Run in Warwickshire! Enormous thanks from everyone at Action Against Cancer for fundraising for our life-saving research  aacancer.org/ourwork/index.h…
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Massive thanks to Jason Bone for organizing the amazing Let’s HIIT Cancer event at the weekend in support of our work! And huge thanks to everyone who took part in the exercise sessions in Battersea Park. The fundraising page is still live, please donate: givestar.io/gs/lets-hiit-can…
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We’ve partnered with Ultra Events so you can fundraise for our work whilst getting 8 weeks of free training in comedy, boxing or MMA and take part in incredible events! Choose to support Action Against Cancer with your fun challenge! ultraevents.co/
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We’re proud to have funded a significant breakthrough for brain cancer patients. A team at the University of Sussex have identified a blood test for early diagnosis of the most aggressive form of brain tumour, replacing the need for risky brain surgery. aacancer.org/newsandevents/b…
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We’re delighted to share that the team at the Professor Stebbing Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory have published their first paper. It focuses on the important but little understood question of how fat tissue talks to cancer cells. nature.com/articles/s41388-0…
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On World Cancer Day we’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported our work over the last fourteen years. You are helping scientists to develop improved treatments for patients and make their lives better.
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Wishing you a wonderful festive break from everyone at Action Against Cancer! Thank you for all of your support in 2025, we are immensely grateful.
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