Our vision and purpose

Our vision

Our purpose

Our vision of beating cancer is an enormous challenge. These four purpose statements set out how we address that challenge.

• 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
• We ensure that our findings are used to improve the lives of all cancer patients
• We help people to understand cancer, the progress we are making and the choices each person can make
• We work in partnership with others to achieve the greatest impact in the global fight against cancer