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Thanks to the money you helped us raise, in 2017 we spent £192 million to improve the lives of people living with cancer – an investment which enabled us to increase our number of Macmillan professional posts across the UK by 13%. We are proud that at the end of 2017 we had over 5,700 Macmillan nurse posts, almost 600 more than in 2016.
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This annual report provides the estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in 2017, as well as current cancer incidence, mortality, and survival statistics and information on cancer symptoms, risk factors, early detection, and treatment.
- Hard-To-Treat Cancers
- In The Lab
- In The Clinic
- Research from Elsewhere
Treatment for many cancers has improved in recent decades, with survival following suit. But some remain notoriously hard to tackle. Peter’s first pick is tied to one of these cancers. And it’s a subject very close to his heart. It’s the Cancer Research UK-funded ESPAC4 trial, which Peter took part in when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in...
Practice-changing cancer research starts somewhere, and that’s often in the lab. Peter’s choice for this category is a study by Dr Oliver Maddocks, one of our scientists working on how cancer cells make and process energy. Maddocks and his team looked at whether cutting off a tumour’s fuel supply could stop it growing. Removing two molecular buildi...
Clinical trials are essential to make sure cancer treatments are safe and effective. Peter thought that the results from our STAMPEDE trial, presented this year at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, was the clinical highlight of 2017. “The survival and quality of life figures coming from this trial made me pick this st...
It’s not only Cancer Research UK-funded scientists that are working hard to beat cancer. In this category of our shortlist, Peter felt that work from the World Cancer Research Fund marked a very important step in understanding diet and bowel cancer. “I liked the way the researchers made suggestions from their results and explained which types of fo...
helped to raise, we spent £192 million in 2017 to improve the lives of people living with cancer. This included us increasing our number of Macmillan professional posts by 13%. By the end of 2017, we had over 5,700 Macmillan nurse posts and 2,000 other healthcare professional posts. Last year, your generosity and dedication allowed us
Mar 22, 2017 · In 2016, the United States made significant improvements in cancer care, as evidenced by declining incidence and mortality rates for many cancers and by the growing number of drugs and technologies available to patients.
U.S. patients diagnosed with some types of cancer, such as liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, or the aggressive form of brain cancer with which Senator John McCain was recently
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Read our Annual Report and Accounts to find out more about the work we did to support people living with cancer in 2023. You can download our report in a range of formats or read some of the key highlights below.
