As most of you already know, we have received some awful news from my oncologist that no one could have expected. My cancer has come back and this time it is in my lungs. The news was hard to hear and has shocked me and my whole family. At the moment we aren’t sure what…
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We are thrilled with the gift of musical instruments, art materials and easels from the Ray Collins Trust of Wantage. Ray and his colleagues drove down from Wantage to deliver them to us at our charity shop in Ryde. Their gift is in memory of Maisie Norton and will enable us to give 12 children,…
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24 November. A Big Day for the re-opening of the Piam Brown pediatric oncology Ward at Southampton Hospital by the Duchess of Cornwall. Caring Cancer Trust Chairman Chris Ody, together with charity shop volunteers Ian and Amy MacWatt and Gerry Bradley, took a moment for a photo with Piam Brown Charity Coordinator Rachel Funnell in…
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There is good news this week for the 1,400 women a year who suffer from the aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer. Nice have now approved the use of the drug Perjeta, (the Roche brand name for pertuzumab), following the pharma manufacturer’s agreement to drop the price for NHS use. The drug Perjeta is used in combination…
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