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Hope Against Cancer

Dec 17, 2019

Hope Against Cancer is Leicestershire and Rutland’s local cancer research charity, which funds cutting-edge research and has made clinical trials available to local people.

The charity strives for a future where more people survive cancer and they do this by funding innovative research that leads to improved treatments and better outcomes.

They work in partnership with local universities and hospitals to make sure that Leicestershire is a hub of expertise in cancer research and treatment; and since being established in 2003 they have funded over 60 research projects tackling many different forms of cancer.

One of the charity’s biggest projects is the doubling of the size of the Clinical Trials Facility at Leicester’s Hospitals, at a cost of £1.5million.

In 2019 the Randal Charitable Foundation pledged a significant grant, which helped the charity reach the £1 million mark.

The Hope Against Cancer Clinical Trials Facility is based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and is a partnership between the University of Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester and Hope Against Cancer.

It offers local people with cancer the opportunity to take part in clinical trials, and is one of only a few outside of London where people can take part in research to help develop new cancer drug treatments. The Hope Research Nurse works here too - caring for patients taking part in clinical trials.

Every year around 5,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in Leicestershire, and thanks to organisations like Hope Against Cancer and their Clinical Trials Facility, of this 5,000, more people than ever are surviving. The facility’s extension is the next step in making sure the number of people surviving cancer continues to rise.

To find out more about Hope Against Cancer visit here.

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