| Cancer Societies - Great Britain |
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Bradford Cancer Support
Bradford
provides a range of services which are readily accessible
and free of charge to all individuals;
complements the care provided by others;
listens and responds to the needs of our clients
Cancer Care Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
accessing cancer services in Wolverhampton
Cancer Support Dudley
Dudley
provides practical help, emotional support and information for people
with cancer and those who care for them
Clatterbridge Cancer Research
Bebington
raises funds for both research and treatment working closely with
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
Coping with Cancer in Leicestershire and Rutland
Leicester
helps the people of Leicestershire and Rutland cope with the practical
and emotional problems, which can arise following a cancer diagnosis
Dimbleby Cancer Care (DCC)
Dartmouth
(formerly Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund, RDCF)
supports research laboratories and a professorship at King's College London
and a cancer care and information service at St Thomas' Hospital in London
North West Cancer Research Fund (NWCRF)
Liverpool
provides grants to support fundamental research in the North West
of England and North and Mid-Wales, into the causes of cancer
and the mechanisms by which cancers arise and exert their effects
Rosemere Cancer Foundation
Preston
provides additional facilities and equipment for patients being treated
at the Cancer Centre in Preston and the local Cancer Units throughout
Lancashire and South Cumbria
South East Cancer Help Centre (SECHC)
Purley
provides individual and group support, complementary
therapies and information
Wessex Cancer Trust (WCT)
Southampton
helps support and improve cancer services in the Wessex region
Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR)
Harrogate
promotes research in Yorkshire into the cause and cure of cancer
Yorkshire Cancer Research Network (YCRN)
Leeds
supports high quality cancer trials to improve the speed, quality and
integration of research within the Yorkshire Cancer Network,
ultimately resulting in improved patient care
Action Cancer
Belfast
early detection services for the Northern Ireland community,
counselling and support services for cancer patients and their families,
research at local universities, cancer prevention, health promotion
NI Cancer Screening Programmes
Belfast
public health initiatives which have significant impact on reducing
the number of women who die in Northern Ireland each year from breast
and cervical cancer
Northern Ireland Cancer Network (NICaN)
Belfast
supporting groups of health professionals, patients and charities
to work together in a coordinated way, ensuring good communication
and sharing good practice
Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF)
Belfast
providing support services, researching new and better treatments
for cancer, undertaking education and prevention programmes as well as
campaigning and advocacy work
Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, Scotland (CaCTUS)
Glasgow, Edinburgh
virtual cancer trials organization, forming a partnership with
extensive expertise in cancer research, particularly in the design
and management of large Phase III trials
SCAN Cancer Information Network
Edinburgh
web-based library of information about cancer and cancer services
in South East Scotland
Scottish Cancer Research Network (SCRN)
increases, supports and sustains clinical trial activity in cancer care
in partnership with the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC)
Cancer Research Wales (CRW)
Cardiff
raising funds for cancer research in Wales
Wales Cancer Institute
central partnership of collaborative research groups to increase
the quantity and quality of cancer research in Wales, translating
work done in the laboratories and clinical trials into new cancer
drugs and new treatments
Wales Cancer Trials Network (WCTN) Cardiff
3 Counties Cancer Network (3CCN) Brockworth
Anglia Cancer Network Newmarket
Arden Cancer Network Coventry
Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Services (ASWCS) Bristol
Central South Coast Cancer Network (CSCCN) Portsmouth
East Midlands Cancer Network (EMCN) Enderby
Essex Cancer Network Chelmsford
Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cancer Network Manchester
Greater Midlands Cancer Network (GMCN) Albrighton
Lancashire & South Cumbria Cancer Network Preston
West of Scotland Cancer Network (WoSCAN) Glasgow
Yorkshire Cancer Network (YCN) Harrogate
British Association for Cancer Research (BACR)
Sutton
promotes the advance of research in relation to all aspects of cancer,
both laboratory and clinical; encourages the exchange of information
Bob Champion Cancer Trust
London
funding of research projects
Cancer Campaigning Group (CCG)
London
coalition of national cancer charities representing service-providers,
research, advocacy and campaigning groups for cancer patients and
their families
Cancer Counselling Trust
London
provides in person and telephone counselling for cancer patients,
their families, friends and care givers who seek counselling
to help them through the difficult issues precipitated by a
cancer diagnosis
Cancer Prevention and Education Society
London
reduces the current epidemic levels of cancer by reducing
human exposure to carcinogens, particularly those of man-made origin
Cancer Prevention Research Trust
London
specialises in cancer prevention research
Cancer Research UK
London
raises funds to support research; provides information
Chai Cancer Care
London
Jewish community's cancer support organisation,
provides an extensive range of services for cancer patients,
their family and friends
Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity
Chelmsford
offers therapeutic support and development to men, women
and their supporters following a cancer diagnosis
Look Good Feel Better (LGFB)
Esher
provides free make-up workshops through a network of over 40 hospitals
right across the UK and in 18 countries worldwide
Macmillan Cancer Support
London
provides practical, medical, emotional and financial support;
pushes for better cancer care
Marie Curie Cancer Care
London
with 10 hospices across the UK promotes quality of life
for patients and provides much needed support for their carers;
provides free, high quality nursing to give terminally ill people
the choice of dying at home
National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)
London
helps its members to develop common plans for cancer research
and avoid unnecessary duplication of effort
National Cancer Research Network (NCRN)
Leeds
provides the National Health Service (NHS) with the infrastructure to
support cancer clinical trials in England
Odyssey
Tywyn
enhances the quality of life for people with cancer through
imaginative programmes of challenging and dramatic activities
using the outdoors
Penny Brohn Cancer Care
(formerly Bristol Cancer Help Centre)
Bristol
providing a unique combination of physical, emotional and spiritual
support using complementary therapies and self-help techniques,
including practical advice on nutrition
Positive Action on Cancer (PAC)
Frome
free professional one-to-one counselling service for anyone
affected by a cancer diagnosis
Rarer Cancers Forum (RCF)
Canterbury
draws together people with rare and less common cancers,
thereby giving them a bigger collective voice to exact better
services, and enabling them to support one another;
makes all health professionals aware of issues related to rarer
cancers, such as the often slow diagnosis and the need for
successful treatment and symptom control pathways to be shared
Tak Tent Cancer Support
Glasgow
providing emotional support and information which includes counselling,
complementary therapies and community-based self-help groups
Tenovus
Cardiff
quality research, prevention/education, counselling and patient care
World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK)
London
funds cutting edge scientific research;
provides people with the information they need to reduce their cancer risk
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