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Make more Christmas stories possible for people with cancer

Every day over 400 people in the UK die from cancer. Your donation today could help fund life-saving research at The Royal Marsden, helping develop new treatments for people with cancer everywhere. Donate today and help change the story this Christmas. 

When Ken was told he might only have two years to live, a pioneering clinical trial helped change his story.

Ken was 67 years old when he was diagnosed with myeloma. It was a shock to Ken and his family to learn that he could have as little as two years to live. Ken was offered an opportunity to join a clinical trial led by Professor Martin Kaiser, Consultant Haematologist at The Royal Marsden, and became one of 120 people across the UK to take part. Now, eight years later, Ken is thriving on long-term treatment and enjoys life with the people he loves. With your help, we can give more people with cancer the chance to spend Christmas with their families.

Family group gathered in a living room decorated for Christmas, sitting together with a small dog in the centre. Festive decorations include a Christmas tree, stockings, garlands, and holiday-themed clothing.

"The trial was quite intense but it saved my life."

Ken
Patient at The Royal Marsden

Thanks to pioneering research, Ken is able to create new stories with the people he loves.

Throughout Ken's treatment, he has been supported by Sharon, Advanced Nurse Practitioner at The Royal Marsden, who Ken says was "always there" whenever he needed her. Knowing he had someone he could turn to for support and reassurance made a real difference. 

Now, Ken is able to have an active life, spending time with his wife of 55 years, Brenda, their children and five grandchildren. He enjoys family holidays in their motorhome and fishing trips with his grandsons. The same clinical trial is helping change the story for many more people with myeloma. Patients across the UK on the same trial are staying in remission for three times as long as people not having this treatment.

A man with a bandage on his arm sits in a purple armchair, smiling at the camera. A nurse in uniform is next to him, looking at him. They are in what looks to be a hospital treatment room.

“I've watched my grandson play cricket and rugby, and my granddaughter graduate. I'm so lucky that I was on the trial to enjoy all these things.”

Ken
Patient at The Royal Marsden

Help make more happy Christmases possible for people like Ken.

By funding life-saving research and clinical trials, you can help develop innovative treatments for people with cancer everywhere.Help change the story this Christmas. Donate today.