Proton Beam Therapy project gets funding for second year
Friends of Rosie is funding a second year of a vital research project investigating the biology of protons used in Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) to treat sarcomas in children. This will bring the grant total for this project to £140,000. Here lead researcher, Dr Amy Chadwick, and Research Associate, Dr Emma Biglin, tell us more […]
Neuroblastoma symposium this September
As we build up to Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September, we are busy finalising arrangements for our second international childhood cancer research symposium. Taking place on the 11 and 12 September in Manchester, we are bringing together a focused group of 50 clinicians and scientists to discuss how we can make molecular radiotherapy work […]
New National Biomarker Centre in Manchester
Tomorrow, 14 June, Professor Caroline Dive and her team, who led one of Friends of Rosie’s most recent research projects, are launching the new CRUK National Biomarker Centre at the University Manchester. Housed in the Paterson Building, the mission of the centre is to develop and test biomarkers in clinical trials that detect cancers earlier […]
Promising results for new blood test to detect Ewing Sarcoma
Promising results for new blood test to detect Ewing Sarcoma Over the past two years, Friends of Rosie has funded a £145,000 research project into the use of a revolutionary new blood test to diagnose Ewing Sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer in children. Now complete, this pioneering new research has shown promising initial […]
Pioneering research for children with head & neck cancers
Over the past 12 months, Friends of Rosie has funded research at The University of Manchester looking at ways to decrease the risk of facial disfiguration in children with cancers in the head and neck. Dr Marianne Aznar and her team have been looking at how we could enable ‘smarter’ radiation treatments, leading to a […]
Could a blood test diagnose Ewing Sarcoma?
Friends of Rosie has joined forces with another like-minded charity, Megan’s Rose of Hope, to fund research into the use of a revolutionary new blood test to diagnose Ewing Sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer. In 1 in 4 children or young people with Ewing Sarcoma there is little chance of survival because the […]
A challenging but positive CCAM
2022 was a challenging but positive Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM). The sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II meant that many charities, like us, felt the need to pause some of our campaigning as a mark of respect during a period of national mourning. The news has also been dominated by the energy […]
Proton Beam Therapy research
Friends of Rosie is funding a £70,000 project investigating the biology of protons used in Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) to treat sarcomas in children. We recently met with lead researcher, Dr Amy Chadwick, and Research Associate, Dr Emma Biglin, to find out more about this pioneering research. Sarcomas are cancers that develop in bone and […]
Sarcoma awareness month
July is #SarcomaAwarenessMonth. Sarcomas are uncommon cancers that can affect any part of your body. A key symptom of sarcoma is a lump that gets bigger quickly. This #CharityTuesday, as we near the end of the month, we wanted to share what we’ve been doing to help children with sarcomas. Over the past three […]
Annual newsletter out now!
Every year we issue a printed annual newsletter to help keep all our supporters updated on charity activities. It’s really important to us that you know where your donations go and how we spend every penny. This annual newsletter gives you a summary round-up in one place. Click here to read the electronic version of […]
