I am raising research funds for the Institute of Cancer Research, London to help my friend and fellow pilot, Susan Michaelis, who has a specific type of breast cancer, lobular breast cancer, which I had never heard of till recently. I discovered that this type of breast cancer, the second most common type of breast cancer, is very different from the other types of breast cancer, does not usually show up on mammograms as it usually doesn’t form a lump, is diagnosed later at more advanced stages and has poorer long-term outcomes.

Of most concern, Lobular breast cancer does not have its own specific treatment. This is something the the Institute of Cancer Research, London can remedy, but they need the research funding to do this. They have known that lobular breast cancer which is diagnosed in 22 (mostly) women a day in the UK, or 1000 a day globally, is different for almost 50 years, so it is time to address this and ensure that lobular breast cancer has its own ’specific' treatment.

To help raise some of this vitally important funding for ICR to target lobular breast cancer, Susan Michaelis and her team are walking 20 miles from Horsham to the coast at Shoreham via the Downs Link. I am going to join them by starting from Shoreham and meeting them half way, then turning round to accompany them back to Shoreham.

Please can you support this vitally important initiative, to help address the forgotten cancer, ‘lobular breast cancer’.

There is more information available (including a documentary & short film) about ‘lobular breast cancer’ via the ‘Lobular Moonshot project website, which Susan set up earlier this year to raise the much needed research funds for the ICR Lobular research project.

( lobularmoonshot.org ).

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