The Sussex Cancer Fund recently reported on their support for a project with the Enhanced Supportive Care team at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, to remotely collect quality of life data for cancer patients who may require palliative care input and provide them with additional support at an earlier stage. This project is headed by Dr […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund has recently purchased 25 copies of the book ‘You Will Be Okay: Find Strength, Stay Hopeful and Get to Grips With Grief’ for the Palliative Care Team, at the Horizon Centre. The team were keen to provide some resources to teens who were experiencing grief. The death of a parent, sibling […]
We are delighted to have recently purchased 10 Speed Heat Warming Pads. Heat pads are to warm veins to allow easier and more comfortable cannula insertion. 5 Pads went to the Haematology Ward and 5 to the Chemotherapy Ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Many thanks to the friends and family of Chris Milton who […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund recently announced funding for an exciting new project researching The Effects Of Stress on Tumour Recurrence. The project is essentially concerned with the understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms of how stress hormones act on the cells in the body. This vital information will enable cancer clinicians to create bespoke treatments for […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund is delighted to have been involved in a project with the Enhanced Supportive Care team at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, to remotely collect quality of life data for cancer patients who may require palliative care input and provide them with additional support at an earlier stage. This project is headed […]
As part of our 40th Anniversary celebrations, we have created a series of videos, telling you a little bit about the Sussex Cancer Fund. In this video we here ‘How the Sussex Cancer Fund is Supporting Sussex Cancer Services’ from Dr Ollie Minton, Clinical Director for Cancer.
The Sussex Cancer Fund supports a number of cancer research projects, in this video Professor Chris Pepper & Dr Andrea Pepper talk about the importance of research and how the Sussex Cancer Fund has helped their work. If you would like the Sussex Cancer Fund to continue to support cancer research projects, you can […]
As part of our 40th Anniversary celebrations, we have created a series of videos, telling you a little bit about the Sussex Cancer Fund. In this video Paul Wheatley, Patient and Business Ambassador, talks about the support that the Sussex Cancer Fund provides.
The Sussex Cancer Fund is delighted to have awarded Dr Melanie Flint together with Ms. Sonali Kaushik, Consultant Gynaecologist and subspecialist in Gynaecological Oncology and their team £139k over the next three years to look at “The impact of psychological stress on cancer burden and recurrence of tubovarian cancer and primary peritoneal cancers.” Dr Melanie […]
The colourful heart-shaped breast cancer post-operative cushions given to patients after surgery are often the most underestimated but most gratefully received item they will use. The specially designed cushions provide comfort and protection post-surgery and have been made lovingly by generations of amazing volunteers. However, as they are actually quite a specialist item to be […]
