Dana Leeson
Dana's Giving Page
Total raised
£1,375.00
+ £260.00 Gift Aid
£25Kitting out our labs
£50Unravelling mysteries
£100Spotting cancer earlier
£150Making diagnosis kinder
£200Understanding errors in DNA
£300Finding cancer's weakness
£500Providing cancer support
£1,000Hunting innovations
£2,500Delivering treatments
Shine London 10k 2019
My Story
On 14 November 2018 I was told I have cancer. I don't remember the words, but I remember hearing my heart, I remember the room, I remember the pen the consultant was holding, and I remember Luke, my partner, reaching out to touch my knee. Having spent the last 10 months experiencing surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy I start to wonder if there is a better way to treat cancer. Active treatment is grueling, isolating and dark. You feel alone, you feel beat up, and you are just trying to survive. Treatment for me is not over. I still have many years of maintenance treatment. I won't say the hard part is over, because it is all hard. However, I am grateful to celebrate this very important milestone. To celebrate the end of active treatment, Luke and I are walking 10km with our team, True Cancer Bodies. Please sponsor us and help fund research to treat all cancers! A little bit about Cancer Research UK Each year Cancer Research UK’s scientists get closer to beating cancer, and they’ve helped double survival rates in the last 40 years. But we can’t stop there Only with our continued support can they turn this research into breakthroughs that save millions of lives. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work, so please sponsor me now.
CAUSE
All Cancer Types
Cancer is complex. There are over 200 types of cancer, most of which have different biology and behaviour. With your support, our dedicated researchers can continue to discover better ways to prevent, detect and treat this disease, and bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.
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