Our Free Will Service in Hertfordshire

More people are surviving cancer thanks to people like Sue from Oxford who has pledged to leave a share of her Will.

1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime. Our research saves lives. We’ve come a long way, but we cannot rest while people still suffer. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring 3 in 4 people in the UK diagnosed with cancer will survive for 10 years or more by 2034 and, beyond that, even more. 

Cancer Research UK receives no government funding, and gifts in Wills account for over a third of our life-saving research. Without them we simply would not be able to undertake all the vital research we do which could one day beat cancer.

To find out more:

Right now, in the South East:

• We’re researching how cells repair their DNA
• We’re researching how cancer cells communicate
• We’re looking for ways to make immunotherapy more effective
• We’re using imaging techniques to make prostate cancer surgery more precise

The South East is home to the Cancer Research UK Southampton and Oxford Centres delivering world-leading research that accelerates the transition of lab-based discovery to the clinic for the benefit of people affected by cancer. Senior Research Nurses in Oxford and Southampton facilitate the delivery of high quality clinical trials and studies, getting new treatments into the clinic sooner.

The Oxford and Southampton Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres (ECMCs), and the Southampton Paediatric ECMC are a unique partnership between CRUK and the National Institute for Health Research in England to bring together lab scientists and cancer doctors to speed up the flow of ideas and new treatments from the lab to the clinic.