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In the last 40 years our research has helped double cancer survival in the UK and every day we're learning new ways to better treat, diagnose and prevent cancer.
But research needs your support this Christmas. To discover the new therapies and innovations of tomorrow, we need donations today.
Donate now to give the gift of a Christmas with loved ones.
A gift of £20 could buy a digital PCR assay, which scans a piece of genetic material to find cancer-causing mutations. Finding out what causes cancer could help our scientists beat it.
A gift of £50 could buy a lab coat, googles and gloves for 2 scientists. These vital pieces of equipment protect our scientists as they carry out their life-saving research.
A gift of £100 could pay for a cancer patient's biopsy, where a tiny amount of tumour is removed to be studied in a lab, helping us to learn more about cancer every day.
Your gift could help more people like Natalie
Natalie, a dance teacher and mother of two daughters, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 after finding a lump in her breast.
A genetic test showed she had a rare fault in the BRCA2 gene, a gene that a group of our scientists discovered in 1995. Meaning people who are more at risk of breast cancer can be identified and therefore diagnosed earlier.
Thanks to your donations, we were able to spend £62m in the last year on diagnosing cancer earlier, when treatment is more effective, helping people like Natalie.
Supporters like you are helping to fund life-saving discoveries
By donating today, you can help us fund innovative research like REI-EXCISE, which is trying to improve surgery for people with breast cancer.
The REI-EXCISE team are trialling a new tool that aids surgeons to accurately remove the cancer during surgery. They hope this approach will enhance breast cancer surgery and improve outcomes for people with this cancer.
Supporters like you help us fund this research. But we need your support today to help fund even more life-saving research to better treat, diagnose and prevent cancer.
*Ahmad AS et al, British Journal of Cancer, 2015