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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Danny Lynch, Gillian Christie, Janet Harrison, Margaret Smith and Jillian Stephen</strong> are all staff from ward 15 which is the chemotherapy day unit we are located within the Anchor Unit at ARI. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> are supporting </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">GASTROCAN</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (Grampian Gastro-oesophageal Cancer Research Fund) by running either the 5 /10k Balmoral Run on 28 April 2012 This will be quite an effort for some so please help motivate us and sponsor as much as you can. Any donation will be greatly appreciated and make all the pain worth going through!!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Founded by Dr Russell Petty, </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">GASTROCAN</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> is the only charity raising money specifically for research into stomach and oesophageal cancer. Dr Petty leads the Aberdeen University and NHS Grampian research into the causes and treatments of this devastating disease. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Main aims of </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">GASTROCAN</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> include:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 30pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Undertake internationally important cancer research locally in Grampian</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 30pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Enable local patients to benefit from the latest cutting edge treatments for gastric and oesophageal cancer </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 30pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Help recruit the best doctors to work in Grampian to be part of the research</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Raise awareness of gastric and oesophageal cancer so that patients recognise the symptoms and seek medical help earlier</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">GASTROCAN fund is managed by the University of Aberdeen Development Trust.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">All donations will be greatly appreciated – thank you in anticipation. </span></p>
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