Our Research

Learn about our life-saving research into over 15 different cancer types.

What we do

Stand Up To Cancer funds groundbreaking research that helps bring new tests and treatments to people with cancer.

With your support, our researchers are turning bold ideas into life-changing breakthroughs including:

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Developing ‘The Pink Drink’, which is now available across the NHS, to improve survival and quality of life for people with brain tumours.

Read about Professor Colin Watts’s research

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Determining whether radiotherapy and chemotherapy could help some people with rectal cancer avoid major surgery.

Read about Professor Simon Bach’s research

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Designing a method that could make chemotherapy kinder, by delivering drugs with microscopic bubbles.

Read about Professor Eleanor Stride’s research

Discover our work in 2 minutes

Meet Drs Alex Clipson and Alicia-Marie Conway

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Thanks to SU2C, scientists like me can continue our research and bring better tests and treatments one step closer to people affected by cancer.

- Dr Alex Clipson

Our latest wins

Prevention on prescription for people with Lynch syndrome 

Professor Sir John Burn

Beating bowel cancer with burpees 

Dr Vicky Coyle

Making anal cancer treatment less of a pain in the arse

Professor David Sebag-Montefiore

Our research in progress

Tell-tale tears revealing brain tumours

Professor Petra Hamerlik

Artificial intelligence is making it personal

Professor Campbell Roxburgh

More than a sweet treat: Cancer-detecting lollipops

Dr Ruchi Gupta

Your support is making research happen for people like Mel

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 It is such a privilege to receive treatment through a SU2C-funded trial. I have seen the campaign on TV over the years and I can say that it really does make a difference to people like me.

- Mel

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Our screening checker

Cancer screening is for people without symptoms.

Our screening checker helps adults check eligibility for NHS or Public Health Agency (in Northern Ireland) national cancer screening programmes in the UK.

This checker is provided by Cancer Research UK for information only. It does not provide medical advice or replace advice from your doctor or healthcare provider. If you have symptoms or health concerns, contact your GP.

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