The Macmillan Horizon Centre is a partnership project between the Sussex Cancer Fund, Macmillan Cancer Support and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals. The Horizon Centre was designed with input from people affected by cancer to make it the best place to offer the support and services that people in Sussex need. The centre offers all […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund was delighted to deliver the latest copy of Practical Radiotherapy Planning by Ann Barrett, Stephen Morris, Jane Dobbs and Tom Roques. We asked Tony Hewines, Senior Radiotherapy Dosimetrist, how they would use an up to date reference book such as this. How this book is used by Tony “Our team is Radiotherapy physics planning, also […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund is delighted to have provided new blood pressure monitors for the team of a new Thyroid Cancer Treatment clinic in Brighton. A new treatment for Metastatic Thyroid Cancer (Lenvatinib) has been developed which has shown a 25% tumour reduction in 8 weeks with a 65% patient response rate. Until recently this […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund recently purchased a new Cytoflex Flow Cytometer for one of the Brighton Medical School research teams headed by Professor Chris Pepper and Dr Andrea Pepper. The research being carried out by the team involves the study of individual proteins expressed on the surface and within cancer cells and looks at their […]
One of the more simple services that the Sussex Cancer Fund pays for is the provision of ‘nice’ coffee for patients on the Chemotherapy ward. Patients are on the ward for long periods of time and a decent cup of coffee can be very welcome at times. The coffee is free for patients and we […]
Every day we receive requests from staff and patients about equipment that can either help with treatment or just make patients a little more comfortable. Sometimes they are suggestions for brand new equipment and sometimes the request is to replace something that has become worn, broken or just outdated. You can see our full wish […]
Restricted by geography it is notoriously difficult to park in Kemptown and it can be a real issue for patients receiving treatment at the Hospital. Sussex Cancer Fund tries to make patients’ experience a little easier by providing some parking spaces specifically for Sussex Cancer Centre patients. The Sussex Cancer Centre car park is entirely […]
This week the Sussex Cancer Fund was delighted to provide two new patient trolleys for the Sussex Cancer Centre. The two trolleys were purchased as a result of the fundraising efforts of our fantastic supporters Emma Knight and Penny Cattaneo & David Shannon. The trolleys, costing £3000 each will really make a difference to patients […]
Every day we receive requests from staff and patients about equipment that can either help with treatment or just make patients a little more comfortable. Sometimes they are suggestions for brand new equipment and sometimes the request is to replace something that has become worn, broken or just outdated. You can see our full wish […]
Zingiswa Thetho, Level 8 (Oncology) Ward Manager & one of the new nebulisers provided by the Sussex Cancer FundThe Sussex Cancer Fund is delighted to have provided 5 new nebulisers for patients receiving treatment at the CourtYard 8 ward at BSUH.
