The Christie charity Impact Report 2021-22

Kevin said: “My response to the new treatment has been amazing. It has given me my life back when I seriously thought I might not survive. A few hours in the car is nothing to know I am being treated by the world’s best experts who are very knowledgeable but also incredibly kind and compassionate. We have all been amazed by the results. The tumour has now been reduced to a manageable size, I can ride a motorbike and move around with little trouble when I would previously have been in terrible pain. I’m living life again and enjoying my retirement the way I had hoped to. And that’s all thanks to a clinical trial at The Christie.” The Christie is now fundraising for a doctor, known as a clinical research fellow, to support this work. Clinical research fellows spend half their time in research clinics and half in follow-up clinics, so they’re immersed in the clinical management of patients, as well as their involvement in clinical trials and research – and they share learning from Manchester to help other researchers working on similar studies across the world. Kevin lent his story to a postal fundraising appeal which aims to encourage supporters to donate towards the project. He added: “If sharing my story in this way helps to raise the money needed, it is the very least I can do as a thank you to The Christie for giving me my life back. I am living proof that clinical trials work, but without the public’s help they wouldn’t take place.”

MY RESPONSE TO THE NEW TREATMENT HAS BEEN AMAZING. IT HAS GIVEN ME MY LIFE BACK WHEN I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT I MIGHT NOT SURVIVE. Kevin Jones

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