AMMF News
Marcella raises awareness!
AMMF supporter, Marcella Smith, who lost her husband Stewart to CC just last September, has vowed to do all she can to help raise the awareness of this ruthless disease. Two days in to Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month, 2nd February, she did just that - listen to her moving interview on Annie Othen's programme on BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire. To hear the interview, click here - Marcella's inter...
Read MoreAMMF, CC and the Yorkshire Post!
Awareness Month got off to an excellent start with several press and radio interviews lined up, including one for the Daily Express. AMMF supporter and campaigner, Malcolm Robinson, was interviewed by the Yorkshire Post, and it was a real boost to the campaign to have the article appear in that paper on 1st February. Many thanks to Malcolm for sharing his inspirational story. To read the story, cl...
Read MoreCC Awareness Month Press Release
AMMF has now circulated a press release throughout the UK, announcing that this coming February is Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month, and launching the charity's new CChallenge for 2012. To download the press release, click here AMMF press release_Jan12
Read MoreRCF Online Survey Request
Online survey: Improving outcomes for patients with advanced cancer The Rarer Cancers Foundation has asked AMMF to help with an on line survey – they want to do all they can to support the NHS in ensuring that people with rarer and less common cancers have the best possible care and treatment. To do this, they need to know more about people’s experiences and what they value when they have advanced f...
Read MoreAMMF joins Cancer52
AMMF is delighted to have become a member of Cancer52, the organization providing a “common voice for the less common cancers”. Cancer52 is so named because 52% of cancer deaths in the UK are from the less common cancers (although in 2010 this proportion increased to 53%). Despite this figure, the less common cancers remain severely under represented and under funded across all areas, including polic...
Read MoreIntroducing AMMF’s Research Fellow
AMMF was delighted to report a few months ago that it had been agreed with Imperial College that the charity would fund a Research Fellowship for a year. Dr Abigail Zabron has now begun her research work and has written to AMMF introducing herself, describing what led her to embark on cholangiocarcinoma research, and outlining what she hopes to achieve. I’m sure we all wish her the very best with her r...
Read MoreAMMF meets Imperial College Research Team
AMMF’s Imperial College Meeting Summary On Thursday 28 July, a gloriously sunny day in London, AMMF representatives, Helen Morement, Noel Corrigan and Dr Ruth Corrigan, met with the Imperial College cholangiocarcinoma research team to find out what is currently happening in the world of cc research. Imperial’s cc research team were out in force - Professor Simon Taylor-Robinson, Dr Shahid Khan, Dr A...
Read MoreToddler Triathlon for AMMF!
On Thursday 14th July, Joseph’s Nursery in York held a sponsored Toddler Triathlon in aid of AMMF. Could this be a first? It certainly is as far as fundraising events for AMMF are concerned! The sun shone as the children tramped, triked and hunted for treasure, cheered on by their parents. These activities were followed by a well deserved picnic, and all the children received a medal and a cert...
Read MoreAMMF to Fund Research Fellow
We are delighted that it has now been confirmed with Imperial College that AMMF will be making a grant of £42,000 to fund a Research Fellow for a year from October 2011, who will be working on cholangiocarcinoma proteomics and genetics research. More details on this will be coming soon, but in the meantime, huge thanks to everyone who has worked so hard raising funds in a variety of ways, and especiall...
Read MoreGenetic Risk Factor Study
For details on research recently carried out at Imperial College on genetic risk factors in the development of cholangiocarcinoma, which was part funded by AMMF, please click to see AMMF's Research Updates page: AMMF's Research Updates page
Read MoreAMMF at the London Marathon
Of the 35,000 runners who took part in the London Marathon on 17th April, none had more good wishes with them than AMMF’s own Fab Four - Trevor Sibley, Francis Chua, Debbie Dowsett and Maria Joy. It was certainly a glorious day in the capital and, although the unaccustomed sun and heat made the going difficult at times, all our runners crossed the finish line safely - their official times were: ...
Read MoreMalcolm takes AMMF to New Heights!
Malcolm Robinson has climbed Pen-y-Ghent in the Yorkshire Dales several times in the past but, following a diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma in 2010, major surgery and chemotherapy, it was something he doubted he would do again. So undertaking this climb again on Sunday 10th April, accompanied by family and friends, was certainly an achievement - and a double celebration - Malcolm celebrating his 'all c...
Read MoreGP Practice Adopts AMMF
AMMF is delighted to report that the Waterside Practice, Ilfracombe, North Devon, has adopted AMMF as their charity to support for the next six months. They certainly have a very good reason for doing this - Helen Tanner, their Practice Manager, was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in Oct 2010 and following surgery has just returned to work part time. AMMF sends a huge thank you to everyone at th...
Read MoreAMMF Receives Grant
AMMF is delighted to have been awarded a grant of £1000 from St James’s Foundation, the charitable arm of St James's Place Wealth Management, to help with the charity’s work. Huge thanks go to the Foundation and to Samanatha Mawdsley for this wonderful support!
Read MoreRarer Cancers Survey Report
The Government's new cancer strategy, "Improving Outcomes: a Strategy for Cancer", has set an objective of saving an additional 5,000 lives by 2014/15. Taking into account the incidence and mortality associated with rarer cancers, it would be reasonable to assume that 2,500 of these lives would be for rarer cancers. Last year, the Department of Health asked The Rarer Cancers Foundation to undertake...
Read MoreHSBC Leeds Supports AMMF
We are delighted to report that the Service Quality Team at HSBC, Leeds, will be supporting AMMF throughout 2011! This is in memory of their colleague, Carol Melvin, who will be known to many in our cc family. What a wonderful tribute to an inspirational lady who did so much to raise the awareness of cholangiocarcinoma. Looking forward to reports on their fundraising exploits during 2011 ...
Read MoreAMMF Newsletter Winter 2010/11
To download a pdf copy of the latest AMMF newsletter, click here
Read MoreComment on transplantation in the UK
The Mayo Clinic in the USA is performing liver transplantation for cholangiocarcinoma - an aggressive protocol that they say is exhibiting dramatic increases in survival rates and offers new hope for patients with cholangiocarcinoma. They also say they are the only medical center doing living donor liver transplantation as a treatment protocol for cholangiocarcinoma. In such a procedure, a healthy person...
Read MoreJulia goes to Westminster
On 3rd November 2010 a large group of Cancer Research UK ambassadors and supporters descended on Westminster to discuss the Commit to Beat Cancer campaign with their MPs. Amongst Cancer Research UK's ambassadors was AMMF supporter, Julia Wise. To download a pdf of Julia's full report of her day at Westminster, please click here.
Read MoreLondon Marathon – Runners Required
If you have been successful on the ballot for the 2011 Virgin London Marathon, please run for AMMF! For more information contact [email protected] or see AMMF's ad on page 130 of the Congratulations issue of the Virgin London Marathon news.
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