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 Research Practitioner Role funded by the Sussex Cancer Fund enables the trust to take part in many clinical trials and research projects. This not only helps national and international cancer research projects but also gives, where appropriate, some cancer patients access to new clinical trials and treatment. We caught up with Rachel Edmunds, to […]
Delighted to see some forehead thermometers in use at the Sussex Cancer Centre, provided via SCF from one of our fabulous business supporters. Beautifully demonstrated by Emma Hartwell, Nurse Manager & Charlie Orman, Clinical Nurse Specialist. If you would like to help the Sussex Cancer Fund provide equipment like this please donate through the button […]
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 […]
You may remember that we reported on a new Metastatic Thyroid Clinic that was started last year and how the Sussex Cancer Fund had provided some blood pressure monitors for patients which allowed the clinic to take place, we would like to now share some of the positive impacts this has made to patients. The […]
