News about... Cancer Care
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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 Hospitals 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.
