Cancer Research Wales is a charity close to mine heart. All of the money raised for Cancer Research Wales is used in Wales to research projects to help reduce the impact and to improve survival rates. Research here in Swansea at Swansea University has developed the Raman blood test to help early detection of bowel cancer and to try and reduce needless invasive procedures that people currently have to go through.

Our vision is a Wales united against cancer through world-class research. Together we will reduce the impact of cancer and improve unacceptable survival rates. We will work to make sure that the people of Wales do not have to accept cancer as a life-threatening disease. And we will do this by supporting the best cancer researchers and clinicians to make discoveries which will transform lives.

Our DNA is what makes us human, but its also what sets us apart. Its what makes us who we are, and ultimately, its what drives us forward to change cancer outcomes across Wales.

Wales is a part of our very make-up. Everything we do is for the people of Wales, and our work is putting our country on the map as a place of innovation and research, while changing lives for cancer patients here in Wales