Some 400 attendees registered for the expert discussion on 21 June. Zoom went down shortly after the talk began but those who were already on line were rewarded with a fascinating hour. For those who were not able to join but were registered the recording will be sent. The recording can be seen on YouTube here. Comments on the session
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Our latest Annual Report and Accounts has been lodged with the Charity Commission and can be read on their site or accessed here.
There is a daily programme of webinars featuring CUP experts from around the world. Details and sign-up are shown here: https://www.worldcupawareness.org/ The UK webinar speakers for Tuesday 21 Sep at 1200 hrs UK time is shown below
Drawing on CRUK’s excellent statistics department the latest data (Incidence 2017: Mortality 2018) show incidence of CUP in the UK has once again fallen slightly at 8341 cases – some 2% of all cancers and the 15th commonest. As always, CUP is slightly higher in females (52%) and the 11th commonest cancer; for males it is the 14th commonest. Mortality
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Fundraising and awareness events are coming back to life as restrictions ease and the weather improves. We are very grateful to those taking-up these stretching challenges to support our work. Mark Larden and Tina took part part in this years Race to the Kings, 19 and 20 June, to raise money (over £3,500 before Gift Aid) in memory of Tina’s
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The Sunday Times of 6 June 2021 carried a piece about the CUP-COMP trial. The article is based on Roche’s press release: The Christie NHS Foundation, astronomers from Durham University, Roche UK and biotech company ConcR are working together to advance the diagnosis and treatment of cancer of unknown primary (CUP) after being awarded a government grant of almost £1million,
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Two (one hour) webinars that have taken place recently will be of interest to those working in the CUP arena. The recording links for each can be found in our Blog 29 Apr. Enhancing Referral and Management of MUO/CUP Patients. We are sponsoring this SBK webinar. The event led by Dr Sarah Ngan, Consultant in Medical Oncology, Guy’s and St
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We have joined with other cancer charities to push the Government into reflecting on the Pandemic’s impact on cancer services and promote much needed action. The message is shown here. Today’s Daily Mail has a graph showing the waiting list problem and more information.
The NHS Cancer Programme has, very helpfully, put out the following which, in its link to the Green Book, gives very comprehensive information about the vaccines, priority for those on cancer treatment etc. We write to notify you of recent updates made to The Green Book, a government document that sets out information on the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines, and advice
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