MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival (CNC)
This centre closed on 30 May 2011 and is available for reference purposes only.
Professor Kay Tee Khaw
Director of MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival (CNC)
The MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival (CNC) was launched in July 2006 with a £2.3m MRC award to the University of Cambridge to fund research into the impact of diet on cancer.
The centre is hosted by the Clinical School’s Department of Public Health and Primary Care and provides international leadership in research in the epidemiology and molecular origins of the dietary causes of cancer.
In collaboration with seven other UK universities and five MRC units, the centre will build on findings from the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC) and provide compelling scientific evidence to help underpin intervention studies, public health advice and clinical guidance on treatment.
Cancer is still one of the most common causes of death in western countries including the UK and about 30% of risk is attributed to diet, rising to 70% for some sites such as bowel cancer. The centre will also provide a focus for nutritional epidemiology for other common complex diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
CB1 8RN
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 740 151
Fax: +44 (0)1223 740 147
Web: www.srl.cam.ac.uk
