Each year, the wife of the District Governor of all the Lions Clubs in East Anglia chooses a charity for which funds are raised throughout her husband’s year of office. This year Heather, the wife of District Governor Lion John Haynes of Wymondham Lions Club, has chosen to support Cancer Research UK.
Heather will be organising
raffles throughout the year and will also be selling pins to support
research into Breast cancer.
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Cancer is a disease where normal cells multiply and grow out of control.
The driving forces behind the development of cancer are damaged
genes. Gene damage is caused by
many different factors.
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Cancer is a very complex problem – it is actually a collection of 200
different diseases with their own causes and symptoms, requiring different
treatments.
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Cancer Research UK is committed to curing cancer by understanding its causes
and investigating how best to treat and prevent it.
They also fund research aimed at providing the best possible support
and information to cancer patients and their families.
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They
fund the research of over 3000 scientists, doctors and nurses based
throughout the UK in more that 35 towns and cities.
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They
annual scientific spend is around £217 million.
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Cancer mortality rates have dropped by 11% in the last 10 years.
Thanks to improvements in treatments, survival rates have improved
for almost all cancers.
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Deaths from breast cancer have fallen by 21% in the last 10 years.
Cancer Research UK spends more that £20 million each year on breast
cancer research – more than any other UK charity.
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Over
95% of men with testicular cancer are now successfully treated – 25 years
ago their survival chances were slim.
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75%
of children diagnosed with cancer are successfully treated, compared to less
that 30% in the 1960s.
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Cancer Research UK is the European leader in the development of anti-cancer
drugs. Drugs developed by
Cancer Research UK are helping to save lives.
www.cancerresearchuk.org/breastcancer
all join
together
Did you know that more that 100 women
in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer every day.
Every penny raised will help to save more lives in the future.
If you wish to make a personal donation to the latest project of
this charity then please forward your cheque to:
Lion Roger Fuller
District
Treasurer
231, Southbourne Grove
Westcliff on Sea
Southend on Sea
Essex,
SS0 0AN
Cheques payable to “LCI District 105EA – Charitable Trust” please.