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Where your money goes
You are helping to fund life-saving research.
Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. Your support through events like Race for Life is what helps us continue our ground-breaking work to see more people surviving cancer.
Cancer Research UK are world leaders in finding new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. We receive no government funding for our research; we rely on the funds that fantastic people like you raise.
Help us to create more tomorrows for more people. Let’s beat cancer sooner.
How your money is beating cancer
£5 kits out one of our ground-breaking research labs with essential chemicals - the bread and butter of day-to-day experiments, helping to beat cancer sooner.
£23 buys a lab coat for one of our scientists. Not only geek chic but vital items to help our scientists carry out life-saving research.
£50 buys a scientific sieve to separate out big bits and small bits of DNA to reveal vital clues about how to beat cancer sooner.
£270 covers the cost of a trial for a day to find the best treatment for children with a rare type of leukaemia whose cancer has come back after treatment.
£11 buys a lab timer to keep our scientists on track as they go about their work, finding out what makes a cancer cell tick.
£53 can supply our labs with beakers and flasks, vital for all sorts of experiments from the basic to the life-saving.
£100 covers the cost of giving one patient the Cytosponge test and analysing their results in the lab to diagnose early stages of oesophageal cancer.
£400 is the cost of running Cancer Chat for one day, helping thousands of people through very difficult times.
How we decide what research to fund
There are over 200 types of cancer for us to beat. When researchers come to Cancer Research UK with their ideas, we need to decide which projects need our support. Watch this video to see how we ensure the money you raise funds the science that stands the best chance of making a difference.
Emma's story
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Emma agreed to take part in a new trial of 2 antibody treatments along with high dose chemotherapy treatment. “I just wanted to throw everything I could at this cancer… I felt I wanted to be part of something that could benefit future generations.”
Emma has since received the amazing news that she is clear of cancer. Today she continues to help fund research similar to what she went through.
Throw everything you have at cancer. Search for ways you can raise funds for Cancer Research UK.
The latest in cancer research
You can keep up to date on how the money you raise makes a difference. Check out our Science News page to see some highlights of exactly what research is being done and the changes being made to ensure we see 3 in 4 people surviving cancer by 2034.