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Donation by Standing Order
To set up a new Standing Order for Velindre’s Pink Appeal, please complete
and return this form to us.
By completing the Gift Aid Declaration as well, you will enable us to claim the
tax back on your donation, giving us an extra 25p for every £1 you donate.
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Gift Aid Declaration
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to treat all donations I make from the date of this declaration until I
notify you otherwise as Gift Aid Donations. Please see below for notes
regarding gift aid. (please tick box)
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Velindre Fundraising, Velindre Cancer Centre, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 2TL
If you Gift Aid your donation, and you are a UK taxpayer,
Velindre can reclaim 25p for every £1 you give.
If you would like to help,
donate, take part in an event, or need support to
organise an event of your own, please visit our website:
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or telephone Fundraising on: 029 2031 6211
or email: info@velindrefundraising.com
Thank you for supporting our Pink Appeal, in the event that we
cannot deliver the main purpose of this appeal we reserve the
right to use the funds for simialr charitable purpose in Velindre
NHS Charitable Funds, regsitered charity number 1052501.
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made in the last 6 calendar years, and until further notice.
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(1998). Velindre Cancer Centre may wish to contact you for fund raising purposes or
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Specsavers are proud to support Velindre in
helping cancer patients and their families in Wales.
Supporting
BREAST CANCER
Research & Care
Professor Barrett Lee receives a donation from Kingsley Jones
on behalf of In the Pink
More than 2,500 women will be diagnosed
with Breast Cancer in Wales each year, and
the incidence is rising. More than half of these
women will be treated, supported and cared for
at Velindre Cancer Centre.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer.
The total number of cancer cases are projected to increase
by 55% by the year 2030 due to our growing and ageing
population. More people in Wales survive cancer now than
ever before thanks to early detection and better treatments.
Velindre Cancer Centre is well known for being the largest
non-surgical Hospital in Wales and providing Radiotherapy,
Chemotherapy and other specialised treatments. It is not
so well known that Velindre Cancer Centre also manages an
active, extensive and award winning programme of research
into a wide variety of cancers.
The Pink Appeal at Velindre Cancer Centre is led by
Professor Peter Barrett-Lee and Dr Jacinta Abraham.
Prof Barrett-Lee is a Chair of breast cancer studies at
Cardiff University and Dr Abraham is also a recipient of
a prestigious research grant from the Academic Health
Science Fellowship from National Institute for Social Care
and Health Research (NISCHR).
They lead a team of clinical and scientific researchers who
are well known for their work on discovering why some
breast cancers become resistant to some forms of antioestrogen therapy (such as tamoxifen) and identifying the
molecular pathways in the cell that enable this to happen.
This research has recently been cited at the prestigious
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas USA.
One of our consultants, Dr Annabel Borley, was supported
by the Pink Appeal and published important work on how
the cell surface molecules E-cadherin and ß-catenin may
play a role in resistance to anti-oestrogen therapy and
also allow cancer cells to spread around the body.
Breast Cancer Laboratory Research Projects
The team are now embarking on an exciting new
phase of research in collaboration with colleagues at
Cardiff University, which will involve growing breast
cancer cells from patients in the laboratory as so-called
“Mammospheres” and testing these tissues at various
stages of disease to better understand the effect of new
treatments and how the cells may change over time.
The project has ethical approval and needs your support!
A cornerstone of breast cancer research is the concept of
“Bench to Bedside … and back”. This means discoveries
in the laboratory (bench) are translated into treatments
for patients (bedside). However, not all treatments work
perfectly first time, so we to go back to our scientists in
the laboratories and investigate further to overcome
these difficulties. This means very close co-operation
between Breast Cancer Doctors and Scientists if we are
to be successful. Funding is therefore essential to allow
us to “Breed these Clinical Researchers of the Future” –
as they provide the vital link between laboratory (bench)
and patients (bedside).
Our scientists have had tremendous success in investigating
why some breast cancers spread around the body and
how we might prevent this problem. We have also recently
identified a cell surface protein that may play a vital
role in explaining why some breast cancers come back
several years later. This work has been presented at major
international conferences and published in major learned
journals. However, we need continued support to bring this
work to fruition for the benefits of our patients.
Clinical Research Fellowships
believe that in the future, and with
“yourWesupport,
more and more patients
will be successfully treated for
breast cancer. It will happen!
We are committed to making
it happen, and the money
you raise will be crucial!
Professor Peter Barrett-Lee
Materials and Equipment
This research is not possible without high tech equipment
and laboratory materials and reagents. Funding here will
enable our clinical and laboratory scientists to achieve
our aims of taking research from our Laboratories into
real treatments for patients in our clinics at Velindre
Cancer Centre.
”
The very finest specialists, physicians,
“scientists
and caring professionals at
Working together to deliver excellence
Together, with the money you raise,
“which
is being spent directly on research,
local development projects
and training, we will
improve the care and
outcomes for patients
with early and secondary
breast cancer in Wales.
Dr Jacinta Abraham
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Supporting
BREAST CANCER
Research & Care
Velindre changed my breast cancer horror
story into a heartfelt healing
experience. What’s more, safe
hands and kind smiles saved me
from dispair. Life is now filled with
laughter and a lovely new
breast, thanks to Velindre.
Heulwen Haf
”