About Us

Our vision and purpose

Our vision

Together we will beat cancer

Our vision is a statement of what we aspire to, why we exist and the impact we would like to have on society.

Our purpose

Our purpose describes what we will do to achieve our vision:

  1. We carry out world-class research to improve our understanding of cancer and find out how to prevent, diagnose and treat different kinds of cancer


  2. We ensure that our findings are used to improve the lives of all cancer patients


  3. We help people to understand cancer, the progress we are making and the choices each person can make


  4. We work in partnership with others to achieve the greatest impact in the global fight against cancer