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No description yet: the sentence for this tag has not been written. 26 records carry it: 13 institutions, 13 people.
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AMMF, the Cholangiocarcinoma Charity Stansted, GB The UK's only charity dedicated to cholangiocarcinoma and the other biliary tract cancers: patient information, a list of UK centres with expertise, research grants, an annual conference and a nurse study day. | Gallbladder cancer, Biliary tract cancer, Biliary tract cancer | none | uk, biliary | ||
Andrea Seale Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Cancer Society · Canadian Cancer Society Chief executive of the Canadian Cancer Society, the national charity that funds cancer research, advocates on policy and runs support services across Canada. | none | none | leadership, advocacy | ||
Andrea Sironi President of Fondazione AIRC per la ricerca sul cancro · Fondazione AIRC per la ricerca sul cancro President of Fondazione AIRC, the Italian charitable foundation that raises funds from the public to finance cancer research across the country. | none | none | leadership, funding | ||
Andrew Little Chief Executive Officer, Movember · Movember Chief Executive of Movember, the global men's health charity that funds prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health programmes. | Prostate cancer | none | leadership, mens-health | ||
Anthony Nolan London, GB The UK stem cell register, founded in 1974, and the charity behind the clinical nurse specialists who look after transplant patients in NHS centres. | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | none | uk, transplant, stem-cell | ||
Ashley Ball-Gamble Chief Executive Officer of the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group · Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group Chief executive of CCLG, the UK charity and professional body that unites the children's and young people's cancer community. | none | none | leadership, paediatric-oncology | ||
Blood Cancer UK London, GB The UK's blood cancer research charity and support line, covering lymphoma alongside leukaemia and myeloma. | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | none | uk, blood-cancer | ||
Bowel Cancer UK London, GB The UK's bowel cancer charity: information and an email service answered by colorectal nurses, the Never Too Young campaign for younger patients, and the policy work that pushes the NHS on screening, Lynch syndrome testing and emergency diagnosis. | Colorectal cancer, Rectal cancer, Early-onset colorectal cancer | none | uk, colorectal | ||
Bowel Research UK London, GB The UK medical research charity for bowel disease: small proof-of-concept grants and PhDs in bowel cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, with patients on its review panels. | Colorectal cancer, Rectal cancer | none | uk, colorectal, research-funding | ||
Brandi Williams Broome Chief Executive Officer, The V Foundation for Cancer Research · The V Foundation for Cancer Research Nonprofit executive who leads The V Foundation, a charity that raises money to fund cancer research across the United States. | none | none | leadership, research-funding | ||
Breast Cancer Now London, GB The UK's breast cancer research and support charity: a free nurse helpline, the Someone Like Me peer service, Moving Forward courses, an online forum and patient information on triple-negative disease, alongside funding of the Toby Robins Research Centre at the ICR. | Triple-negative breast cancer, Breast cancer | none | uk, breast | ||
Dominique Bazy President of Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer · Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer President of Fondation ARC, the French charitable foundation that funds cancer research, whose board mandate was renewed in June 2026. | none | none | leadership, funding | ||
Gemma Peters Chief Executive Officer, Macmillan Cancer Support · Macmillan Cancer Support Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, the UK charity that provides practical, emotional and financial support to people living with cancer. | none | none | leadership, supportive-care | ||
Jacinta Reddan Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council Australia · Cancer Council Australia Chief executive of Cancer Council Australia, the national body of Australia's state and territory cancer councils, which leads cancer control advocacy and research funding. | none | none | leadership, advocacy | ||
Laura Brady Chief Executive, Worldwide Cancer Research · Worldwide Cancer Research Chief executive of Worldwide Cancer Research, a charity that funds early-stage discovery research into cancer in more than 30 countries. | none | none | leadership, research-funding | ||
Lymphoma Action Aylesbury, GB The United Kingdom's only charity dedicated to lymphoma: a freephone helpline, support groups, a buddy scheme, a lymphoma trials database and a seat at the table when NICE and the Scottish Medicines Consortium appraise a lymphoma medicine. | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | none | uk, lymphoma, patient-support | ||
Matthew Reed Chief Executive, Marie Curie · Marie Curie Chief Executive of Marie Curie, the UK end of life care charity, since February 2019. | none | none | leadership, palliative-care | ||
Melanoma Focus Cambridge, GB The UK melanoma charity whose free nurse helpline is the one place a frightened person can ask a specialist skin cancer nurse a question without waiting for an appointment, and which says up front that it cannot tell you from a photograph. | Melanoma, Skin cancer | none | uk, skin, support | ||
Nikki Gallagher Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Cancer Society · Irish Cancer Society Advocacy and governance leader who is Chief Executive of the Irish Cancer Society, Ireland's national cancer charity. | none | none | leadership, advocacy | ||
Pancreatic Cancer Action Guildford, GB A UK charity founded by a pancreatic cancer survivor that works on early diagnosis: symptom awareness campaigns and education for GPs and the public. | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma | none | uk, pancreatic, early-detection | ||
Pancreatic Cancer UK London, GB The UK's pancreatic cancer charity: a specialist nurse Support Line, the list of NHS specialist centres, the Optimal Care Pathway that GIRFT and the national audit measure against, research funding and the campaign to end PERT shortages. | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma | none | uk, pancreatic | ||
Philippe Bergerot President of the Ligue nationale contre le cancer (since 2024) · Ligue nationale contre le cancer Radiation oncologist who has presided over the Ligue nationale contre le cancer, France's national cancer charity, since 2024. | none | none | leadership, clinician-scientist, radiation-oncology | ||
Prostate Cancer UK London, GB The UK charity that funds prostate cancer research, answers the questions the NHS has no time for through a team of Specialist Nurses, and is paying for half of TRANSFORM, the trial that will decide whether Britain ever screens for this disease. | Prostate cancer, Metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer | none | uk, prostate | ||
Rita Schmutzler Präsidentin of the Stiftung Deutsche Krebshilfe (2026-) · Deutsche Krebshilfe Gynaecological oncologist and hereditary cancer expert who became President of Deutsche Krebshilfe, Germany's largest cancer charity, in 2026. | HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer, Triple-negative breast cancer, Ovarian cancer | none | leadership, clinician-scientist, hereditary-cancer | ||
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Liverpool, GB The only UK charity that works on lung cancer alone: a nurse-answered helpline, information days and support groups around the country, research fellowships, and the campaigning that pushed the NHS towards a national screening programme. | Non-small-cell lung cancer, Small-cell lung cancer, Lung cancer | none | uk, lung | ||
Skcin (the Karen Clifford Skin Cancer Charity) Nottingham, GB The prevention charity that campaigns on the one lever in skin cancer that is bigger than any drug: what the country does about ultraviolet exposure, and what it charges for sunscreen. | Skin cancer, Melanoma, Basal cell carcinoma | none | uk, prevention, skin |