Information and impact

We explain the reasons why cancer is especially hard to cure, but also the reasons to be optimistic for the future of cancer research.

You funded important biomedical research by Professor John Spencer that has helped lead to a ground-breaking new cancer treatment entering clinical trials.  

Jesse was told she had 18 months to live, after originally being assured that people her age didn't get this type of brain cancer - grade four glioblastoma. 

13-year-old Alice has always wanted to help others and dreams of helping to find cancer cures to give people more time with their loved ones.

It was after the birth of her first child at only age 21 when Tamron learned she had peritoneal mesothelioma – a rare but deadly type of cancer. 

Sam was only 11 years old when his parents were told that he had stage 4 liver cancer, after suffering pain during a family holiday.

How does your money help start new cancer cures? Our short guide will take you behind the scenes of Worldwide Cancer Research.

Victoria was just 34 when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. One year after her devastating diagnosis, Victoria credits research and early detection for giving her a future with her little girl, Matilda.

When Nick noticed that he had been feeling much more tired than usual, it didn’t even cross his mind that it could be cancer. But then everything changed.