Towergate supporting Cancer Research UK to beat cancer

 

Cancer Research LogoTowergate has formed a partnership with Cancer Research UK, the UK's leading charity dedicated to cancer research.
 
Cancer Research UK's work saves lives. Our vision is 'together, we will beat cancer'. Cancer Research fund the work of 3000 scientists, doctors and nurses in hospitals, universities and research centres in many towns and cities across the UK including Glasgow, Manchester and London.
 
Most of us know the statistic that one in three of us will get cancer at some point in our lives. Most of us know someone who has had cancer and has perhaps had the support of a local hospice. This disease has a major impact on everyone connected with it - the people with cancer, their friends and their family. Together, we can do something about it.
 
Cancer Research UK's pioneering research aims to help prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, and ensure that the findings are used for everyone's benefit. Seven out of ten children now survive childhood cancers thanks to research. But that still leaves three out of ten children needing our help. The work of Cancer Research UK is funded almost entirely by the general public with just over half of the fundraising total made up from individual donations of £50 or less (excluding donations made by people leaving money through their Will).

 

The project Towergate is supporting


Towergate Charitable Foundation will be providing significant funding towards a team of world-class scientists based in Oxford headed up by Professor Adrian Harris.

 

Professor Adrian Harris and his team are carrying out groundbreaking work at the University of Oxford.  Some of their recent discoveries could help doctors tailor treatment to suit an individual’s cancer, so that in the future people get the most effective therapy for their disease.

 

This includes looking at ways to block tumours from hijacking the blood supply which can then grow and spread round the body. Most cancer deaths are caused by tumours that spread. This process – known as metastasis – is what makes cancer so difficult to treat. Professor Harris’s findings may lead to new drugs that prevent tumours from forming their own blood supply.  This would starve cancer of the oxygen and nutrients it needs to survive, and is one of the best chances we have of stopping the growth and spread of many types of cancer.

 

Professor Harris is a highly respected figure in the realm of cancer research, and his work has been funded by Cancer Research UK for many years.  His team publish their research in a number of scientific journals, sharing it with scientists and doctors all over the world.

 

This sharing of knowledge is vital in the fight against cancer, which is one reason why Cancer Research UK plays a major role in the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI).  This is a national body which aims to co-ordinate the efforts of all organisations in the UK working in the field of cancer research.

 

In October 2007, Professor Harris spoke as a leading cancer expert at the annual NCRI conference, which attracted leaders in cancer treatment and research from across the globe.

 

By supporting Cancer Research UK, you’ll be helping them make an impact not just in the UK - but across the world.

 

Cancer Research UK thanks Team Towergate - Company, Colleagues and Clients for supporting their vision that together, we will beat cancer.

 

Professor Harris Professor Harris is the Cancer Research UK Professor of Clinical Oncology in the University of Oxford. He is Director of the Cancer Research UK Molecular Oncology Laboratories at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine.
tumour (stained blue) This picture shows a tumour (stained blue) that has started to develop its own blood supply (the brown vessels, seen most clearly on the right). As well as providing oxygen and nutrients for the tumour to grow, the blood supply also provides a route for break-away cancer cells to spread to other parts of the body.
 

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