Robert Jeffs
Robert's
Fundraising for Bone Cancer Research Trust
Story
On the 8th December 2010, a close family friend, Jessica Gower, died aged 14 years from Osteosarcoma, a form of primary bone cancer. Jess was a happy, friendly, positive person who was full of life and much loved by everyone who knew her. She is greatly missed by her family and friends, below are some of the reasons we continue to raise money in her memory.
- Over one third of primary bone cancer cases are diagnosed inpatients under the age of 30.
- Osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma are types of bone cancer that mainly affect children, teenagers and young adults. The peak age for these bone cancers is 15-19 years old.
- Each year in the UK and Ireland around 550 new cases of primary bone cancer are diagnosed and around 300 people die from these cancers.
- There has been no improvement in bone cancer survival rates for over 25 years.
- Research is desperately needed to find new treatment
options for bone cancer patients.
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