From Dr Kavitha Madhuri, MD - Gynaeoncologist with the RSCH Team, GRACE Researcher We are currently facing an invisible enemy. Unprecedented times that none of us have ever seen in our medical careers. We have the training, the will and the determination to get our patients and our community through this. While I write my
Hannah Baker's Cervical Cancer Story GRACE Woman Hannah Baker was diagnosed with cervical cancer at just 24 years old. She had been feeling unwell for a couple of years prior but was refused a smear test because she was too young. She told Eagle: "I tried pushing for answers but was never offered anything else
Special thanks to Sophie Butler-Manuel for her fundraising over the last two years. Sophie has run the Royal Parks Half Marathon for us twice in 2018 and 2019 raising over £1,500. She has also taken part in the Surrey Three Peaks walk over 26 miles up and down the Surrey hills raising another £585. GRACE
Sarah Morris We’d like to give a Very Big Thank you to Sarah Morris! If your new year’s resolution is to do more for charities and you would you like to fundraise for a local charity supporting women diagnosed with Gynae cancers, then take a leaf out of Sarah’s book. Sarah came across
Thank you to Pandy Dean for her very successful GRACE does Strictly event at Wellington College recently. Huge thanks to Pandy’s family and her many friends and to Lucy Davies who led the team at Wellington all of whom worked so hard to make this a success. The current total is £7,790 but Pandy keeps
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Me and Grace In 2016 while racing for a professional cycling team, Podium Ambition, my daughter collapsed and was taken to hospital. Following tests she was found to have ovarian cancer at age 28. One in five women survive ovarian cancer. After an extensive operation my daughter made a successful recovery. I remember
Congratulations to Hellen Revenko, one of our GRACE Women, who completed the Windsor Easter Walk on 20 April in just under 8 hours. This challenging 25 mile walk is held annually, starting at Windsor Great Park, up Runnymede Hill, along the Thames towpath and back to the Racecourse. This year Hellen was able to enjoy
Researcher: Dr Praveena Idaikkadar Supervisor: Dr Agnieszka Michael Ovarian cancer is the rarest of the gynaecological cancers and yet it is also the most lethal, it is the 5th leading cause of cancer-related death among women. In the UK, over 7000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year. Most of these women will have
The wonderful Madeleine Townsend passed away in October last year after suffering from a rare and unusually aggressive form of endometrial cancer. Here, her loving husband Peter Townsend talks about her diagnosis, treatment, and her inspiringly positive passion for life. “I am a retired gynaecologist and I worked closely with GRACE founder Simon Butler-Manuel. When
