1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. (Cancer Research UK, 2018)

The University of Birmingham is discovering new ways to prevent and treat cancer, including blood, brain and bowel cancer.

Many cancers are not diagnosed until a late stage. Many symptoms of these three cancers are similar to those of less serious conditions, so they are hard to spot.

Once we have diagnosed them, finding the right treatment for an individuals cancer is also difficult. A life-saver for one patient could be useless for another.

The funds you raise could help diagnose cancer earlier and find better treatments.

Developing genetic testing to identify people in need of regular cancer screening, to catch the early signs of cancer before the patient themselves is even aware of them

Growing a mini version of an individuals tumour outside the body, to test drugs on to find the best treatment without patients having to endure nasty side effects

Getting more patients into clinical trials, giving them access to new treatments and gathering the mass data needed to create large scale solutions that could work for millions of patients

THE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE

Just £100 could pay to grow a mini-tumour of an individuals cancer, ready to test possible cures on.

£250 could pay for the testing that identifies the right treatment for the individual patient.

If #TeamUoB raised £20,000, this could buy a machine to identify more genes that cause cancer.

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