Yorkshire Cancer Research Factfile

• Last year Yorkshire Cancer Research funded research to the tune of almost £4million in centres of excellence throughout the region including Hull, Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield and York University as well as associated teaching hospitals
• Yorkshire Cancer Research has committed a further £11million pounds over the next five years to continue funding research teams across Yorkshire in their goal to find the causes and cures for cancer
• There are more than 200 different types of cancer and 25,000 people a year are diagnosed with cancer in Yorkshire alone
• Yorkshire Cancer Research’s 41 volunteer committees, along with an army of individual volunteers raised almost £1.5 million through donations, as well as staging and participating in numerous events ranging from cycling, aerobics and the toughest foot race in the world (Marathon des Sables).
• Last year over £5.5 million was raised through legacy funding - people remembering Yorkshire Cancer Research in their wills in order to help continue the fight against cancer in all its forms.
• Breakthroughs do not happen every day but daily we can add to our knowledge about cancer

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