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A huge thank you to The Guildford Quilters group who held a fascinating exhibition at West Horsley Place and chose Topic of Cancer as one of their charities. Visitors commented how generous the quilters were sharing their expertise and advice. They raised a whopping £3,500 for us and we are so grateful for their support. […]

Congratulations to Dr Guy Simpson from our University of Surrey labs, who has been awarded a Medical Research Council (MRC) Impact Acceleration grant for his project entitled ‘Novel viral Immunotherapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer in BCG non-responding patients’. Although widely known as a vaccine for tuberculosis, the BCG vaccine has also been used as

More exciting developments in research field, from our very own Prof Hardev Pandha Findings from a 7-year research which he led suggests that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults – Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Prof Pandha said: “People who suffer from

Topic of Cancer is so grateful to Milford Golf Club for their amazing donation of £12,500 and should like to thank the outgoing captains for designating us as their charity of the year in 2022. The money raised will go towards a Leica machine which will benefit the work of the research team enormously. We

Members of Thames West Unicorn with Steve Mullen (WFCT Trustee) presenting a cheque for £6,000 from proceeds of the 2021 Wokingham Fireworks Event to Nigel Lewis-Baker, Founder and President of Topic of Cancer. Topic of Cancer was so delighted with their generous donation and received it with many thanks.

We were delighted that our very own ToCVoices choir could entertain guests at the Purple Ball at the Harbour Hotel on 12th March. The guests listened to the choir singing Just the Two of Us, For I Know and Our House all of which were rapturously received by the audience. Thank you so much, ToCVoices!

The Purple Ball was back with a bang after an absence of 4 years. 160 people attended this event at the Harbour Hotel, Guildford on 12 th March. As Topic of Cancer is a local charity the idea was to use local performers so, as well as enjoying a 3 course meal, guests danced to

During the past decade, immunotherapy has permanently changed cancer treatment and it has become the standard of treatment in the NHS for many. When Guildford based charity, Topic of Cancer was launched in 2013, immunotherapy was still very much in its infancy. Prof Pandha and his research team, based at the University of Surrey, were