The Sussex Cancer Fund is delighted to support the Albion In The Community’s project Brighter Outlook. Taking part in physical activity during and after cancer treatment can play a huge part in enabling patients to take back control and support recovery. The Brighter Outlook project was launched in 2015 and offers cancer patients free, specialist support […]
What is Radiotherapy Treatment? Radiotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy rays, such as x-rays. It destroys cancer cells in the area where it is given and is a very targeted and carefully planned treatment. You may have radiotherapy on its own, or you may have it combined with chemotherapy (chemoradiation). For some types […]
We love it when we hear that something the Sussex Cancer Fund has done has made a real difference to a patient’s experience. Here, Mike Jourdain, a recent patient tells us about how he benefitted from the Sussex Cancer Fund Car Park and the cookbooks we fund. “We are so thankful for the amazing support […]
What is Chemotherapy? Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment where medicine is used to kill cancer cells. There are many different types of chemotherapy medicine, but they all work in a similar way. They stop cancer cells reproducing, which prevents them from growing and spreading in the body. How does the Sussex Cancer Fund help Patients […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund through kind donations from patients have just bought two telephone headsets for Cancer Staff in Sussex. The Covid Pandemic has led to the cancer units adopting different procedures to help keep treatment and appointments running while maintaining maximum safety, one of these changes is the increase of telephone appointments. The headsets […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund are delighted to have purchased a heated water bath for the Radiography Team at the Sussex Cancer Centre. The Bath will be used to mould the Thermo Plastic Material used to make the masks used in the treatment of Sarcomas (i.e. for the treatment of leg, foot and arm cancers). The […]
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer which has a poor prognosis and high relapse rate. There are around 3200 new cases of AML diagnosed in the UK every year and unfortunately, this figure is increasing, with a 30% increase from the 1990s. Of all leukaemias, this is the most aggressive with a […]
A new ‘Fast-Forward’ radiotherapy treatment that allows women with breast cancer to undergo radiotherapy treatment in just one week of treatment sessions compared to the traditional three weeks has now gone live. The new regime can be considered the new standard of care for a majority of breast cancer patients. The Sussex Cancer Fund […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund supported the research of Dr Cressida Lorimer, a clinical oncology registrar, by funding her project. Dr Lorimer completed her research in November 2018 and we are now helping Cressida co-ordinate an international project through the purchase of a simple data gathering technology – Survey Monkey. Initially, Cressida examined the management […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund provides water bottles for patients with certain pelvic cancers such as gynaecological, rectal and anus cancers. They are given to patients for free who need to drink and have a full bladder for every treatment to help reduce side effects on sensitive areas like the rectum, and to ensure the accuracy […]
