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Over the past 40 years there's been dramatic progress in tackling bowel cancer and almost 6 in 10 people diagnosed will now survive their disease for 10 years or more.

With around 150  women diagnosed every day, breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK.

 Cancer Research UK supports more than 250 clinical trials across the UK, and its groundbreaking research has saved the lives of many thousands of people in the UK and all over the world.

Five-year survival for leukaemia has quadrupled in the last 40 years. But despite this progress, around 4,600 people still lose their lives to the disease every year.

Survival for many types of lymphoma has increased significantly – now, three times as many people survive non-Hodgkin lymphoma as in the 1970s.

Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer in UK women, with around 140 women being diagnosed every week.

Help fund Cancer Research UK's research programmes that look into ways to help reduce people's risk of developing cancer.

Over the last decade malignant melanoma incidence rates have increased by almost a half (45%) in the UK. Help Cancer Research UK find new ways to treat skin cancer.

Each year in the UK, nearly 11,000 people are diagnosed with tumours that start in the brain or elsewhere in the central nervous system.

Each year, more than 1700 children are diagnosed with cancer in the UK. Thanks to major advances in research, around three-quarters of children with cancer now survive their disease for 10 years or more.

Spotting cancer early improves the chances of successful treatment. That's why Cancer Research UK is doing everything it can to ensure that more people are diagnosed at an earlier stage.

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK. Each year around 46,400 people are diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK, and the disease claims around 35,900 lives.

Oesophageal cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer death. Help fund one of Cancer Research UK's top priorities – finding ways to improve survival from the disease.

Help Cancer Research UK make progress in one of the biggest research challenges its scientists are facing – to find better ways to detect and treat the disease.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with around 46,700 cases diagnosed every year.

Cancer Research UK is a world leader in finding out what makes cancer start, grow and spread. Help fund researchers to discover ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively.