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Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom,〔 formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.〔 Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer research charity〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090302161743/http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charities/top500.php )〕 it conducts research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Research activities are carried out in institutes, universities and hospitals across the UK, both by the charity's own employees and by its grant-funded researchers. It also provides information about cancer and runs campaigns aimed at raising awareness of the disease and influencing public policy.〔() Report on 2008/9 research activities〕〔() Annual Review 2010/11〕 Cancer Research UK's work is almost entirely funded by the public. It raises money through donations, legacies, community fundraising, events, retail and corporate partnerships. Over 40,000 people are regular volunteers.〔 On 18 July 2012 it was announced that Cancer Research UK was to receive its largest ever single donation of £10 million from an anonymous donor. The money will go towards the £100 million funding needed for the Francis Crick Institute in London, the largest biomedical research building in Europe. == History == The Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) was founded in 1902 as the Cancer Research Fund, changing its name to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund two years later. The charity grew over the next twenty years to become one of the world's leading cancer research charities.〔 Its flagship laboratories at Lincoln's Inn Fields and Clare Hall are now known as the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute.〔 The British Empire Cancer Campaign (BECC) was founded in 1923, and initially drew a hostile response from ICRF and the Medical Research Council, who considered it a rival.〔Austoker, Joan. ''A history of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1902-1986.'' Oxford University Press, 1988.〕〔(Cancer Research Campaign formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign ), 1923-1981. Wellcome Library Archive. Retrieved 1 February 2011〕 "The Campaign", as it was colloquially known, became a very successful and powerful grant-giving body. In 1970, the charity was renamed The Cancer Research Campaign (CRC).〔 In 2002 the two charities agreed to merge to form Cancer Research UK, the largest independent research organisation in the world dedicated to fighting cancer (the largest, the National Cancer Institute, is funded by the US Government).〔(World's biggest cancer charity formed ), ''The Guardian'', 4 February 2002.〕 At the time of the merger, the ICRF had an annual income of £124m, while the CRC had an income of £101m.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cancer Research UK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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