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24.12.2009 - Chronicle Live
SIR Bobby Robson’s son said his family would face their first Christmas without their Dad buoyed by the knowledge his legacy lives on. Company boss Andrew Robson, 50, from Tynemouth, is spending tomorrow with his elder brother Paul, 52, younger brother Mark, 46, and their mum Lady Elsie, as well as the...
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08.12.2009 - The Northern Echo
Former cancer patient Karen Anderson has launched a range of headscarves for women who have lost their hair to chemotherapy. She talks to Ruth Addicott about why it is important to give something back.
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25.11.2009 - Hartlepool Mail
A CANCER sufferer who has been struck with the disease in three parts of her body is creating her own charity to help other victims. Brave Denise Taylor, 58, received the shocking news that she was suffering from cancer after a visit to the doctor in April last year when she felt something was not right.
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14.11.2009 - Gazette Live.co.uk
A BRAVE Teesside mum who is successfully battling one of the deadliest of cancers is determined to complete a daring expedition in a bid to help other sufferers.
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07.11.2009 - IC Kent
A TRIPLE EVENT is being held today at a new development of innovative properties. Cussins Ltd is holding an open day at its Amytis Gardens development in South Shields to launch a new showhome and introduce a rent-to-buy mortgage deposit scheme.
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05.11.2009 - The Northern Echo
A SINGER and former cancer patient has raised £8,500 to buy equipment for a regional cancer charity. Trish Greensmith, known to many by her stage name Chyrelle Addams, (Correct) donated money collected during performances to the Charlie Bear for Cancer Care charitable fund.
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05.11.2009 - the advertiser series
A TEENAGE leukaemia patient and his family have helped to raise more than £4,000 for a charity helping fellow cancer sufferers. Sporty 14-year-old Harvey Gaydon has already returned to the tennis court and is looking forward to getting back to school just seven months after a lifesaving bone marrow...
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02.11.2009 - The Northern Echo
A WOMAN fighting a rare form of leukaemia hopes her experience will help future sufferers. Allison White, of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) in July after suffering fatigue and heavy bruising.
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27.10.2009 - MTB Europe
Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. The Northern Centre for Cancer Care based at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, is upgrading its five Siemens Oncor linear accelerators.
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16.10.2009 - The Shields Gazette
A WORLD-leading centre for cancer patients has opened in the region.
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15.10.2009 - East Anglian Daily Times
A CHARITY set up by Ipswich Town legend Sir Bobby Robson has raised more than £2 million to help fight cancer. Former Newcastle United footballer Alan Shearer, who is a patron of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, has today announced that the charity has raised more than £2 million.
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15.10.2009 - Yahoo Uk And Ireland News
Football hero Alan Shearer will be named as the new patron of Sir Bobby Robson's cancer research charity.
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14.10.2009 - Fansonline.net
One of Sir Bobby Robson’s final acts on behalf of his charity was also one of his most enjoyable when he officially launched a new children’s waiting area at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care in Newcastle.
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12.10.2009 - News & Star
A CANCER survivor who lost an eye and had to have a heart transplant will today meet the doctors who saved his life.
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05.10.2009 - Journal Live
FALLING off her bike saved young Kelly Hudson’s life after a series of routine tests showed she had cancer. The check-up uncovered a life-threatening tumour the size of a tennis ball in the 11-year-old’s right thigh.
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01.10.2009 - Journal Live
ONE of the region’s best-loved charities, which is supported by The Journal, has spent up to £1m in the last five years to help people with cancer. Charlie Bear for Cancer Care has used its funds to purchase equipment for the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital.
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29.09.2009 - Journal Live
The Journal is backing the Charlie Bear for Cancer Care charity, which has raised millions for those suffering the condition. Former reporter Avril Deane has played a pivotal role in the charity and she takes a fond look back at her time with the charity IN June this year at an uplifting wartime...
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28.09.2009 - Journal Live
As a world-leading centre for cancer patients opens in the North East, health correspondent Helen Rae gets an exclusive look around. FROM the outside its impressive entrance looks more like a exclusive hotel than a life-saving centre.
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18.09.2009 - Bikersweb
New owners of the Sandyford Harley Davidson and Buell dealership have found a novel way of putting making money at the top of their priority list – with the creation of a fundraising event to raise £25,000 for the Breast Clinic Fund at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI).
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17.09.2009 - Evening Star 24
SIR Bobby Robson's widow last night said the family had been left “completely overwhelmed” by the flood of donations to his foundation since his death.
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16.09.2009 - BBC News Tyne
Terry Yardley from Prudhoe is one of thousands of cancer patients hoping to benefit from help at the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
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14.09.2009 - BBC News Tyne
Professor Ruth Plummer was Sir Bobby Robson's oncologist for more than two years, treating him for various cancers. She shares some of her memories of Bobby as her patient, fundraiser and friend.
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12.09.2009 - Gazette Live.co.uk
AT first glance it’s not hard to see why Katie Chipchase has been chosen to model the latest fashions on a charity catwalk. But her pretty blonde hair and cheeky smile tell a very different story to that of her past.
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20.05.2009 - Journal Live
A father-of-three who has fought cancer has welcomed the new scanner in Newcastle which will prevent patients having to travel to London for PET CT scans.
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21.04.2009 - BBC News England
A high-profile campaign is running to highlight a "forgotten" cancer for which the north-east of England and Cumbria are blackspots. Experts say along with Scotland the areas have the highest number of cases in the world of a form of cancer of the oesophagus.
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20.04.2009 - News & Star
The family and friends of brave young brain tumour victim Ethan Tweedie rallied to his support in a sponsored 12-hour tennis game. Ethan with parents Amanda and Andrew at Chatsworth Tennis Club The six-year-old Carlisle youngster was rushed to hospital for lifesaving surgery in January.
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27.02.2009 - Journal Live
1 2 next » A MOTHER suffering from breast cancer is set to start clinical trials at Sir Bobby Robson’s new centre for research into the disease – inspired by the former Newcastle manager.
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26.02.2009 - Gazette Live.co.uk
A BUG-FREE bubble will be brave tot Henry Valks' survival pod after a last-ditch bone marrow transplant to save his life. The three-year-old suffering from leukaemia will be cocooned safe in a sterile world behind a glass screen.
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21.01.2009 - BBC News England
Internationally-renowned artist Damien Hirst has leant his support to Sir Bobby Robson's cancer charity.
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19.01.2009 - Journal Live
A SINGER whose family has been stuck twice by cancer is belting out support for Sir Bobby Robson’s fundraising drive. Andrew Kerry‘s mother Norah died from cancer of the oesophagus eight years ago and since then he and his family have raised nearly £30,000 to help support the research work of Professor...
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08.01.2009 - Chronicle Live
OLYMPIC cycling hero Sir Chris Hoy is backing an endurance event for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. The three-times gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics said people should take up the challenge of the Monster Bike and Hike event, which takes place from May 2-3.
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29.12.2008 - Journal Live
A BOY given a new tongue in pioneering surgery at a North hospital has been nominated for a prestigious bravery award. Four-year-old Daniel Sewell has been nominated for a Little Star award, which is backed by F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, Dr Who actor David Tennant and Arsenal football star Cesc Fabregas.
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27.12.2008 - Journal Live
IT MAY look like another building site – but an empty shell on the outskirts of Newcastle is a sign of hope for thousands of families across the North East.
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05.12.2008 - 24Dash.com
Top national award for Newcastle hospital building A new £80 million world class centre for cancer care and renal services has won a prestigious national design award – even before it has fully opened its doors to patients.
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01.11.2008 - Daily Mail
Sir Bobby Robson last night hailed his efforts to raise £1million for cancer research as a bigger achievement than reaching the World Cup semi-finals with England.
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20.10.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
SCORES did the run of their lives to raise more than £27,000 for our Maggieâ s Centre Campaign. More than 100 people - including a team from Newcastle Building Society - donned their running shoes to take part in the Great North Run earlier this month.
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04.09.2008 - West Cumberland Times and Star
IT HAS been a huge week for six-year-old Chloe Lambert â⠬â she started back at school, her dadâ⠬⠢s local pub raised over à £1,600 for charity and she was given the all-clear after a battle with leukaemia.
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16.08.2008 - News and Star
WHEN Kasabian rock out Carlisleâ⠬⠢s Sands Centre tonight the sound will be especially sweet for two Cumbrian teenagers. Fans Niall Ritchie and Emily Richardson have been given tickets for the sell-out gig as a reward for the way they have both bravely battled cancer.
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04.08.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Football favourite Sir Bobby Robson gave around 150 people a boost by turning up at a sponsored five-mile walk in Newcastles Leazes Park yesterday. He launched the third Walk in the Park in aid of Newcastle Hospitals and NHS charities.
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29.07.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Macmillan Cancer Support has funded a new head and neck cancer nurse specialist. Health Reporter HELEN RAE finds out more. A NURSE has been appointed to offer expertise to those living with cancer in the region.
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13.07.2008 - Sunday Sun
“ANGELS on earth” is how the staff on Newcastle General Hospital’s Ward 24 were described by their nominator. Consultant Juliet Hale proudly picked up the award on behalf of her team that treats children and teenagers with cancer, in particular those suffering from brain tumours.
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08.07.2008 - News Guardian
WHEN George Thompson, of Tyne Bowling Club, was admitted to Newcastle's RVI last September to undergo treatment for stomach cancer he could hardly have imagined that one of the consequences would be a charity bowls match this Saturday afternoon on Tyne's green in Tynemouth Park.
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07.07.2008 - Northeast Journal
AROUND one in three people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. Our state of the art cancer centre will offer the very best chance of beating this disease.
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23.06.2008 - News and Star
A teenager has won the battle with cancer her father lost when she was a little girl â⠬â and received a magical reward for her bravery. Images: more photos of the circus day Emily Richardson, of Great Corby near Carlisle, spent almost a year in hospital after she was diagnosed with the bone cancer...
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04.06.2008 - Gazette Live
WHEN Emily Curtis fought off a rare cancer her family breathed a huge sigh of relief. The germ cell cancer was not known for coming back. But on April 16 barely a week after celebrating her seventh birthday Emilyâ s family received the devastating news that the disease had returned.
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20.05.2008 - Sunderland Echo
A toddler who became the youngest person to beat cancer with chemotherapy has been celebrating a special day. Not only has this little star been enjoying his third birthday, he has also helped raise 50,000 to support other sick children.
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11.05.2008 - Journal Live
THE biggest names in North East football last night came together to back Sir Bobby Robson’s fundraising mission. Players past and present joined managers, chairmen and two knights at a star-studded dinner and auction at St James’s Park to raise money for the region’s new cancer research centre.
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10.05.2008 - Sunderland Echo
For most of his life, he has been battling a killer condition, from which his parents feared he might never recover.Now, after three-and-a-half years of chemotherapy, the little star has finally been told he is cancer-free.
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25.04.2008 - Northeast Journal
A NEW star was crowned last night as thousands of pounds was raised to help young cancer sufferers across the region. Teenager Karen Harding wowed the judges in the final of the Music Means Life concert, in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
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22.04.2008 - Metro Radio
Get a move on and become part of the Run This yearâ s Greggâ s Childrenâ s Cancer Run will take place at Gosforth Park on Sunday, 11th May and Metro Radio and Magic 1152 are pleased to be supporting the event.
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14.04.2008 - BBC News Tyne
Sir Bobby Robson has hit the halfway mark in his quest to raise £500,000 for his cancer charity.
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14.04.2008 - Newcastle United FC
SIR Bobby Robson will be at St.James' Park next month for a special charity dinner in aid of his cancer foundation. The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation was set up in March and has already raised more than half of the 500,000 target set by the former Newcastle United manager.
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14.04.2008 - BBC
Jordon Thompson died in September 2007A cancer charity is being launched at the home of Newcastle United in memory of a talented 15-year-old footballer who died last September.
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12.04.2008 - Sunderland Echo
HE looks like any normal eight-month-old baby - but little Bailey Cooper is battling through his first bout of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer.
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08.04.2008 - Chronicle Live
Colleagues Helen Simms and Bridget Major have turned their experience of breast cancer around to raise awareness of the condition. Health reporter Helen Rae explains.
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07.04.2008 - News Guardian
FOOTBALL legend Paul Bracewell has become the first person registered to take part in this year's Gregg's Children's Cancer Run. The former Newcastle United and Sunderland midfielder will be joined by more than 10,000 runners at Gosforth Park on Sunday, May 11, in an effort to raise funds for the North of...
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03.04.2008 - Northern Echo
HEALTH bosses in the region are the first in the country to approve funding for a life-extending cancer drug. The decision by the Northern Cancer Network (NCN) means that 11 NHS patients with a rare form of gastrointestinal cancer will be the first in England outside of a clinical trial to be treated with...
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02.04.2008 - BBC
More fundraising events are plannedFormer England manager Sir Bobby Robson says he has been 'overwhelmed' with the level of donations flooding into a new cancer charity.
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27.03.2008 - Northeast Journal
Sir Bobby Robson has launched a à  à £500,000 cancer fundraising mission in thanks to Newcastle doctor Ruth Plummer for saving his life. Chief reporter Paul James meets the future director of the football legendà ¢à  à  s cancer research centre.
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26.03.2008 - The Times
there was a knock at Sir Bobby Robson's door. A stranger was standing outside his Co Durham house clutching a brown envelope. My first thought: football agent, he said, with a familiar chuckle yesterday, and the package in question did, indeed, contain money.
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25.03.2008 - Daily Express
Sir Bobby Robson has launched a charitable foundation to help fight cancer. The former England and Newcastle United manager hopes to raise at least £500,000 to help equip a specialist unit for the early detection and treatment of the disease.
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25.03.2008 - Daily Express
Sir Bobby Robson has got the better of many football opponents during his distinguished career and now he has set himself a major new goal - to fight cancer.
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23.03.2008 - Morpeth Herald
John and Andrew Templey, who live in Hepscott, will do the 126-mile Coast to Coast ride from Workington to Tynemouth in four days between Good Friday and Easter Monday to raise money for North East Children's Cancer Research, based at the RVI in Newcastle.
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22.03.2008 - Daily Mail
TV personalities Des Lynam and Jim Rosenthal will help Sir Bobby, who is currently fighting cancer for the fifth time, host the launch event. Money raised over the next 12 months will help equip a new Cancer Trials Research Centre at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital.
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22.03.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
by Helen Rae, Evening Chronicle ACTOR Greg Wise is backing our Maggieà ¢à  à  s Cancer Caring Centre Campaign. We teamed up with charity Maggieà ¢à  à  s to give a massive boost to cancer patients in the North East.
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19.03.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
by Amy Hunt, Evening Chronicle BACK from the brink, Jack Close grins after being told his swap op was a success. Doctors told the eight-year-old his bone marrow transplant went well.
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17.03.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Twenty years ago, the first women were screened by the NHS for breast and cervical cancers. Health reporter JANE PICKEN speaks to medics and patients in the North East about these vital routine tests SINCE 1988, a staggering 70 million women across the country have been screened for illnesses which can have..
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11.03.2008 - News Guardian
MEMBERS of a local sporting group are planning their annual tournament in aid of charity. The Delaval Arms Golf Society has announced the date for its fifth annual charity day to raise money for the new Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) Unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
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08.03.2008 - Chronicle Live
A unit for teenagers battling cancer is about to reopen on Tyneside after being given state-of-the-art new premises. Health reporter Jane Picken talks to the youngsters who have already benefited from its care.
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04.03.2008 - Northeast Journal
A CHILDRENS cancer unit consultant is urging youngsters to get involved in a charity event to raise money for a new hospital unit in Newcastle. Dr Kevin Windebank, a consultant at the Royal Victoria Infirmarys teenage cancer unit, is hoping families will help by buying tickets for an X-factor-style Music...
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03.03.2008 - The Bolton News
Bubble baby Logan's Mother's Day delight SPENDING Mother's Day together at home was the best thing Logan Wilkieson's family could have wished for. Logan, aged 11 months, is back at home after spending 16 weeks living in hospital in a 'bubble' of clean air to help him overcome a deadly disease.
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01.03.2008 - Northeast Journal
BILLY Hamilton is living proof of how cancer can now be managed as a chronic condition. The 54-year-old was devastated when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a common cancer of the lymphatic system, eight years ago.
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01.03.2008 - Northeast Journal
PATIENTS with a common cancer of the lymphatic system are set to benefit from a new treatment approach allowing them to manage their disease as a chronic condition, thanks to new national guidance.
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28.02.2008 - Northern Echo
By Barry Nelson IN the first operation of its kind in the North-East, doctors removed part of a man's leg bone and blasted it with radiation before putting it back.
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28.02.2008 - Medical News Today
Cancer Research UK scientists at Newcastle University are starting the first UK trial of a new drug which targets the 'Achilles' heel' in hereditary forms of both breast and ovarian cancer.
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26.02.2008 - Northeast Journal
CHEMOTHERAPY given with shorter intervals between treatments increases survival rates by two-thirds in children with a rare form of cancer, according to North East-based research.
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20.02.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
A WIDOW who lost her husband to cancer says having a Maggies centre for support made all the difference. Gateshead-born Ian Nesbitt died aged 50 after a four year battle with cancer of the oesophagus, defying medics and family who had initially expected him to live for no more than 12 months.
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18.02.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
JOB TITLE: Patient Thyroid Cancer Advisor and Director of charity The Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust. Im also a visiting lecturer in Nursing Studies, Northumbria University.
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16.02.2008 - BBC
Sir Bobby has been treated for cancer four timesFootball legend Sir Bobby Robson has pledged to devote his time to helping in the fight against cancer.
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15.02.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
by John Gibson, Evening Chronicle FIVE times Bobby Robson has confronted the gnawing fear of cancer - and five times he has beaten it. And today, as this remarkable man prepares to celebrate his 75th birthday, he reveals how he is putting others first and plans to fundraise on behalf of fellow sufferers.
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15.02.2008 - The Bolton News
BABY Logan Wilkieson who has been living in a bubble of clean air at a hospital is preparing to come home. Parents Ruth Lawrie and Gareth Wilkieson, were delighted to be told by doctors that their 11-month-old son will be able to leave hospital next Wednesday.
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15.02.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
WITH his bag of pyjamas and teddy bear tucked under his arm, today Jack Close is off to hospital. The day has finally arrived for the eight-year-old to get his bone marrow transplant.
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08.02.2008 - Chronicle Live
THEY’RE a force to be reckoned with on the football pitch and now these plucky players plan to power-walk in aid of North East cancer patients. Newcastle United Women’s FC are leading an appeal for walkers to take part in a series of taxing routes across Tyneside for a number of breast cancer-related causes.
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01.02.2008 - Northern Echo
Toni Chorley had a dazzling career ahead of her and everything to live for when her world was suddenly turned upside down by the devastating news that she had cancer.
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01.02.2008 - Macro World Investor
PM 'Comorbidity has been shown to be a determinant in treatment selection and survival in squamous cell cancer of the head and neck at various subsites (see also Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma).
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29.01.2008 - The Mail On Sunday
She is now urging people to sign up to the bone marrow donor register to help other sufferers. She said: "All I know is that the bone marrow I will be receiving has come from a British woman.
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29.01.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
CANCER survivor Mary Jennings is leading scores of patients and their families in backing our bid to raise cash for a Tyneside Maggies Centre. Weve teamed up with the charity to call on readers and local businesses to help bring the centre, which will be a haven for people coping with cancer, to Newcastles...
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28.01.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
CANCER survivor Paula Boustead is backing our campaign. After winning her long battle with leukaemia, the 31-year-old knows the vital role support centres play in the lives of people fighting the disease.
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28.01.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
TODAY we launch one of our biggest campaigns to help cancer sufferers and their families. We want you to help us raise 500,000 towards an innovative 3m centre giving practical help and support, which it is hoped will open in 2010.
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15.01.2008 - South Wales Argus
LITTLE Rhys Harris is well on the road to recovery and his father has launched a major fundraising drive to thank the hospital who helped him. The six-year-old from Newbridge suffers from Nemo, an extremely rare genetic disorder that effects just 35 people in the world.
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14.01.2008 - BBC
Emily's parents praised staff at the RVI's child cancer unitA five-year-old girl is celebrating her first hair cut after battling three forms of cancer.
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24.12.2007 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Cases of thyroid cancer are increasing but one award-winning group of North East medics are helping the regions patients in a unique and world-leading way.
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09.12.2007 - Telegraph - News
'The need to go somewhere, open up and cry' spurred a cancer patient to create the first care centres. More are needed, writes Olga Craig In 1993, when Maggie Jencks discovered that the breast cancer for which she had been treated had returned, she was understandably devastated.
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28.11.2007 - News and Star
By Phil Coleman A MOTHER-OF-THREE from Carlisle whose life was saved by more than 100 blood transfusions has said an emotional thank you to some of the county's best donors.
