Welcome to the Scottish Cancer Foundation

We award PhD studentships and support workshops, bringing together Scottish researchers to develop large scale collaborative research programmes.

We award the Scottish Cancer Foundation prize annually to support the work of those dedicated to reducing the burden of cancer in Scotland.

We developed and actively support of the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network.

We've compiled a list of thirteen top tips for cancer prevention.

Sir Pat Forrest Clinical Training Fellowship in Cancer Prevention
Tuesday 4th June 2024
The Scottish Cancer Foundation (SCF) focuses on Cancer Prevention, and wishes to promote research, collaborative working across Scotland and public engagement in this area. Accordingly, the Foundation wishes to invest in the future of Cancer Prevention by providing motivated early-career individuals with research training opportunities in this area and has
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The Scottish Cancer Foundation 2023 Lecture – Cancer research for cancer prevention
Tuesday 6th February 2024
Dr Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) , Friday 1st December 2023 Over this century, cancer is set to become the leading cause of premature death worldwide, being the biggest barrier to increasing life expectancy. Whilst research efforts have focussed largely on treatments much is
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