54% of UK cancer deaths are from rare and less common cancers (cancers other than bowel, breast, lung or prostate). Despite this, rare and less common cancers are underrepresented and underfunded across all areas, including policy, services and research. The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation is a member of Cancer52 which is an alliance of…
At the weekend (14th– 15th September) the Thompson Smith and Puxon Dispute Resolution team took to the water and successfully completed the Sudbury to the Sea event! The annual event, arranged by the River Stour Trust, involves rowing 24½ miles (37km) along the River Stour from Sudbury to the Cattawade Barrier. Each year hundreds of people…
Entering the workplace One of Tom’s greatest concerns was how he would get back into the workplace following his cancer diagnosis. What would employers say about his long period of time away from work or study? Would they want to employ him at all if they knew he had had cancer? These were concerns not…
I choose to volunteer for TBF because Tom is my cousin and I want to help him achieve his goals. He was a lovely person so to honour him I help out in any way I can, from telling people to check out TBF, to volunteering on the stand, to photographing events and many more…
In October 2013, my world fell apart as I said goodbye to my beautiful baby brother, Tom. He was just 19 years old. As we said goodbye, he told the family that to live without him we needed to ‘crack on’ and that is something I have been striving to do from that very moment….
Dr Chris Milton has continued his research into the effectiveness of specific drugs. These drugs could be a potential therapeutic for patients with DSRCT and rhabdomyosarcoma. Chris has written up his initial findings and submitted this as a paper to be considered for publication in an internationally acclaimed journal.