Seren is a drama therapist with a great deal of experience in helping people tackle their worries about chronic illness through creativity. She was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer and decided that something needed to be done to help younger people with secondary cancer cope by means of writing, singing, art and poetry. Together with…
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We recently marked our 8th anniversary. Since our launch in 2016 we have raised more than £890,000 and, thanks to our wonderful volunteers, 95% of the money raised goes to fund research. We have already funded 3 projects researching secondary breast cancer and have just started funding a fourth project. The first of these projects…
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Professor Klaus Pors and his PhD student Enrica have been working for three years on a project to improve an extremely toxic chemotherapy, so that it can be used to treat breast cancer. The researchers are working on duocarmycins which have been known to science for a long time. However, despite over 40 years of…
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Kayleigh’s wonderful friend Brenna ran the London Marathon to raise funds for Secondary1st in memory of Kayleigh’s amazing Mum Kerry. Brenna was a true star and finished in the fantastic time of 3 hours 50 minutes, a superb achievement.
Secondary1st is proud to have been able to fund this research project led by Seth Coffelt, Professor of Cancer Immunology at Glasgow University. This report on the project is very detailed but we believe that our supporters will welcome the chance to learn more about the research they have helped to fund. Immunotherapies are treatments…
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Secondary1st is delighted to announce that it has just awarded a grant to a project led by Professor Simak Ali, who is Professor of Molecular Endocrine Oncology at Imperial College London. Up to 80% of breast cancer diagnoses are ER-positive and many can be treated successfully with hormone therapy. However some ER-positive tumours stop responding…
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Dom and Paul are going on a seven-day journey from Essex to the Outer Hebrides and back so that they can cycle the Hebridean Way and raise money for Secondary1st. They will spend four days driving over 1000 miles and ten hours on ferry trips between the islands, with three days to cycle over 150…
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Ruth decided that she wanted to do something different for the weekend. So she climbed the Three Peaks, enjoyed the beautiful scenery and raised money for Secondary1st.
It seemed a long time ahead when Nolan signed up for it but, after several months of getting up at 5am to train, his cycle ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats is only four weeks away. He will ride through some his favourite places on a journey of over 1,000 miles which will include…
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Seth Coffelt, who leads the team at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Glasgow which has received funding for the past three years through the generosity of Secondary1st fundraisers and donors, has been appointed Professor of Cancer Immunology at the University of Glasgow. Professor Coffelt and his team have been studying…
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In 2020 in the middle of the pandemic Angela, who had been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer the previous year, completed the 2.6 challenge by walking for 26 miles on her old cross trainer. Two years later her son John finished the 3 Peaks Challenge to raise money for Secondary1st. This year John has completed…
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Just three weeks after finishing in the Brighton Marathon Superhero Tim completed the London Marathon. Marathons, skydiving, fitness challenges… there seems no end to the adventures Tim undertakes to raise money for Secondary1st. He is one of our all-time superheroes.