Useful
information
Christie's have put together some facts and figures
regarding The Christie, its appeal and cancer in general. We hope
you find this information interesting and useful. If you cannot find
what
you are looking for, then please contact us for further information.
We will either help or point you in the direction of somebody who
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About Christie's
Christie's
is the charity which provides funds and supports the work of the
world renowned specialist cancer
centre The Christie in Manchester.
- The charity raises funds for cancer research and provides
specialist medical equipment and extras that give the hospital its
special comforting and therapeutic atmosphere.
- Our income for 2002/2003 was £5.6 million, plus £1.3
million legacies
- £300,000 was donated from companies and their staff
- £500,000 was raised by people taking part in sponsored
events
- £2 million was received from donations and small fundraising
events
- In the last year, 134 people left a gift in their will and
over 12,000 donations were received from patients, their families and
friends.
- Donations range from a few pounds to many thousands.
- 2,500 fundraisers work on behalf of Christie's every
year
- We have 25 volunteer fundraising committees around the region
- We have 1,000 regular standing order donors
- More than 200 volunteers regularly help in the hospital
- Events held to raise money for Christie range from raffles
to regattas, sponsored skydives to sponsored wins and fashion shows
to fundraising balls
- In the last year more than 300 fundraising events where
organised
About The Christie
- The Christie is the largest single-site cancer treatment centre
in Europe - covering a population of 3.2 million.
- It provides high quality diagnosis, treatment and care for
the people of Greater Manchester, Cheshire and beyond.
- It is renowned for world class research both in the laboratories
and with patients and provides education in all aspects of cancer
- A wide range of diagnosis, treatment and care services are
offered including specialist surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, adult
leukaemia, palliative and supportive care, services for young people
with cancer and endocrinology.
- Christie's is one of the leading centres in the UK
for clinical trials
- Every year we have approximately:
- 11,000 new patients registered
- 15,000 in-patient stays
- 14,500 day-vase stays
- 139,500 out-patient attendances
- There are approximately 300 in-patient beds, which are intensively
used with an average length of stay of less than six days
About
cancer
- One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime
- Cancer is a disease that affects mainly older people, with 65 per cent
of cases occurring in those over 65.
- As the average life expectancy in the UK has almost doubled since the
mid nineteenth century the population at risk of cancer has grown.
- It is estimated that around 1/3 of all cancers are caused by smoking
and 1/3 by diet. Current government data reports that around
a quarter of adults smoke.
- In 2000, more than 270,000 new cases of cancer were registered in the
UK.
- There are over 200 different types of cancer but the four major types,
lung, breast, prostate and colorectal, account for over half
of all cases diagnosed. In the young, other cancers are more common.
- Leukaemia is the most common cancer in children representing one third
of all cases.
- In young men aged 20 39, testicular cancer is the most
frequently occurring cancer.
- Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is very common, with more than 62,000
new cases registered each year, but it is nearly always curable.
These national statistics for NMSC are incomplete and are now routinely omitted
from the overall total of new cases of cancer.
For more information about cancer our visit the
link on our Cancer information resources page.