Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK is the largest single funder of cancer research in the UK and the world's largest independent organisation dedicated to cancer research.

What causes cancer?

Anything that damages the genes in our cells can ultimately cause cancer, but a number of genes in the same cell need to be damaged before a cell becomes cancerous.

The vast majority of cancers are caused by DNA damage that accumulates over a person's lifetime ('sporadic' cancer). Cancers that are directly caused by genetic faults inherited from a parent are rare. For example, for every 20 cases of breast cancer, only one will be caused by an inherited mutation.

Cancer Research UK was supported by the Fire Breathing Dragons team from

Marks & Spenser Money based on the Chester Retail Park.

The Fire Breathing Dragons hope to have raised in excess of £1,750 for Cancer Research UK.