Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UKs Christmas Appeal

Your donation, big or small, this Christmas supports life-saving research that has already seen cancer survival double in the last 40 years. Help accelerate that progress by giving a one-off gift this Christmas and together we will beat cancer.
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Please support the Cancer Research UK Christmas Campaign and bring hope to families like Jennifer's this festive season. Because when we all give, we can create life-changing moments. Your donations, big and small, have helped us play a pivotal role in the advancement of cancer prevention and treatment, improving survival for people with the disease. For Jennifer, 48, this research may have saved her life. After being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013, Jennifer was treated with a chemotherapy drug called Cisplatin that our scientists helped to develop. She has now been cancer free for more than eight years and can spend more Christmases with her husband and their son.

She says, "Without the research that led to Cisplatin, I might not be here today. I want to give people hope. There is life after cancer."

Unfortunately, Jennifer's story is different to so many. Only 10% of people with lung cancer will survive their disease for 5 years or more in England. We urgently need to improve survival, so that no one misses out on special moments with their loved ones. Your donations will accelerate progress so that our scientists can continue their life-saving research.

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Cancer Research UK

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RCN 1089464, SC041666, 1103 & 247
We‘re the world‘s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving and improving lives through research. We fund research into the prevention, detection and treatment of more than 200 types of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.

Donation summary

Total raised
£33,417.03
+ £5,993.86 Gift Aid
Online donations
£33,417.03
Offline donations
£0.00
Direct donations
£2,738.42
Donations via fundraisers
£30,678.62

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