If you have a cancer diagnosis or you are the parent of a child with a cancer diagnosis, please start here.
If you’re a friend or family member of someone with cancer, or if you’re a nurse, an oncologist, an activist, a fundraiser or you’d simply like to help, please start here.
If you are interested in setting up a research project or clinical trial aimed at improving the care people affected by rare cancer receive, please start here.
We believe that people with rare cancer have the right to live better, longer lives. We make this happen by bringing people together to create opportunities to accelerate research.
- Our mission is to accelerate research into rare cancers
Rare cancer affects more than 70,000 people per year in the UK: more than 1 in 5 of the total. Sadly, about two thirds will die from their disease within 5 years- as compared with under half for more common cancers. We believe that this is unacceptable and have set up RareCan to work with people affected by rare cancer to help researchers find better treatments.
What is a rare cancer?
Why are rare cancers different from 'the big four' cancers?
How do I know if my cancer is classed as rare?
Why is it so difficult to do research on a rare cancer?
More frequently asked questions
RareCan will drive more research into rare cancers, and hopefully help to make new treatments available more quickly.
If you are diagnosed with a rare cancer, joining RareCan to attract more researchers to your needs is a 'no brainer'.
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TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE RARE CANCERS CURABLE
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE RARE CANCERS CURABLE
If you have a cancer diagnosis or you are the parent of a child with a cancer diagnosis, please start here.
If you’re a friend or family member of someone with cancer, a nurse, an oncologist, an activist, a fundraiser or you’d simply like to help, please start here.
If you’re a researcher, an academic or you represent a pharmaceutical company, please start here.