Cancer Research UK Annual Review 2011/12

2 | About us
About us
Every two minutes someone is told
they have cancer. As the population
grows and ages, the number of cases
continues to rise.
We want to create more
tomorrows for more people and
we’re determined to keep pushing
forward in our fight against cancer.
Our scientists, doctors and nurses
continue to bring better treatments
to people with cancer. And we’re
working hard to prevent the
disease and diagnose it as early
as possible, when it can be treated
more effectively.
Today more people are beating
cancer than ever before. People
with breast, bowel and ovarian
cancers and non-Hodgkin
lymphoma are twice as likely to
survive for at least 10 years as
those diagnosed in the early 1970s.
And survival rates for leukaemia
have quadrupled. We’ve been
at the heart of this progress.
But with over 200 different types
of cancer there’s still so much more
we need to do – particularly for
harder to treat cancers such as lung,
pancreatic and oesophageal cancer.
In this Annual Review we share
some amazing stories with you –
told by our scientists, doctors and
supporters, and by cancer survivors.
We receive no government funding
for our research – it’s only possible
because of all of these people who
come together to beat cancer.
Neve’s story
‘It’s terrible to see your child go
through cancer, but you have to
stay strong. Neve was only two
when she was diagnosed with
leukaemia. She had two years
of chemotherapy, followed by
radiotherapy and a stem cell
transplant.
She’s doing great now and we
feel incredibly lucky to have her.
Without Cancer Research UK’s
continued work there wouldn’t
be these successful treatments.
If we’re to beat cancer, we
need everyone’s generosity and
support. It will make a difference.’
Tracey Francis, Neve’s mum.
Around 40,000 volunteers give up their time to support us.