| If you or a loved one is suddenly faced
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| | section on "How You Can Help", which
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| with a diagnoses of cancer and you're not
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| | allows any one interested to get
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| quite sure what it all means or what it
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| | involved.
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| entails, you're bound to feel a great
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| | Marie Curie Cancer Care was established
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| deal of fear and confusion. There will
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| | in 1948, which makes it one of the oldest
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| probably be uncertainty thrown in as well
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| | and one of the largest organisations in
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| just to mix it all up a bit. Your doctor
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| | the UK. There are more than 2700 nurses,
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| will probably have explained things to
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| | doctors and other healthcare
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| you but it is more than likely that you
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| | professionals caring for 25,000 cancer
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| were not taking it in. So what are you
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| | patients, free of charge. This means that
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| options now? Well there are many
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| | they need to raise more than 100 million
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| organisations out there that offer
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| | pounds annually to maintain their
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| services to the community, or the world
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| | services. These services include running
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| at large, regarding the dissemination of
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| | 10 hospices across the UK, 2 centres for
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| cancer information; they also provide
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| | palliative care research and the Marie
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| support and care. It may feel like it,
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| | Curie Research Institute, which looks
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| but these organisations are here to prove
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| | into the causes and treatment of cancer.
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| that cancer is not the end of the world;
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| | They are strong proponents for patients
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| it is merely a new beginning.
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| | to be able to make the decision to be
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| Cancer Backup is an organisation that
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| | able to die at home rather than in a
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| gives patients and families up to date
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| | hospital bed. Statistics reveal that 70%
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| information, practical advice and
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| | of people would rather die at home.
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| support. They aim to reduce the fear and
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| | Instead more than 50% of cancer patients
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| uncertainty that surrounds patients and
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| | are still dying in hospital beds. 70% of
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| their families on first hearing that they
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| | all their income, that means 70% of 100
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| have cancer. It was started in 1985 and
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| | million pounds, comes from individual
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| originally started out as a national
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| | donations; the rest comes from the NHS.
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| cancer information service. It soon
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| | On an international level there is the
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| developed into so much more. It was
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| | International Agency for Research on
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| started by Dr Vicky Clements-Jones after
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| | Cancer, which forms part of the WHO. It
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| she went through her own cancer
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| | was formed in 1965. The major goal of
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| experience and realised that there was a
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| | the IARC is to identify the causes of
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| need for a service such as she began to
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| | cancer in order to adopt preventative
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| provide. The website includes information
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| | measures. The emphasis of their research
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| on symptoms and side effects, eating
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| | is on epidemiology, environmental
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| well, relationships and communication, if
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| | carcinogenesis and research training.
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| someone else has cancer, advanced cancer,
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| | They do not focus on treatment at all.
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| practical issues, organisations, UK
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| | Their research ideas are based on the
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| patient information guide. There are
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| | notions that 1) 80% of all cancers are
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| articles for the site, treatment
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| | linked to environmental factors and that
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| guidelines and information on
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| | makes them preventable 2) epidemiology
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| controversial and difficult topics
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| | plays a major role in cancer prevention
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| written especially for doctors. Nurses
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| | and in the evaluation of prevention
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| who work for the organisation provide
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| | measures 3) geographical variations in
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| information and support via email,
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| | cancer reflect differences in environment
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| telephone and letter to more than 50,000
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| | and international research is ideally
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| patients and their families annually. The
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| | placed to study this relationship between
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| site offers loads more including a
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| | man and his habitat.
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