Progressing world class research - with fivers and tenners (and often much more)

When I joined The Eve Appeal and was asked why I wanted to be the CEO of a gynae cancer charity, the answer was simple: my ambition was to stop women dying from cancers that they often had never heard of before and that they felt too embarrassed to talk about.' Our CEO, Athena, blogs about the progress that has been made since she has worked at Eve and how your support has helped.

Ten years on and I’m still as committed as ever to achieving our mission – saving lives through diagnosing at the earliest stage and preventing every single case of cancer that we can.?

Research is essential to the work we do, and thanks to previous support we’ve seen some incredible developments in prevention and early detection across our research programmes already.?

You probably saw the incredible work at UCLH in the news last week. Cancer prevention progress in action with risk reducing surgery being proven to be effective if undertaken at the same time as a cesarean section. Research proves the case and gives women choices, options and allows them to get on with living their lives with their risk of developing cancer reduced to almost zero.

This week, we'll be releasing some new exciting findings about the detection of womb cancer. Again, we've invested in research which aims to diagnose at the earliest stage and reduce the anxious wait for test results and unnecessary diagnostic procedures.

The impact of our razorsharp focus on prevention, early diagnosis and new screening methods is very clear.

Over the past year, Imperial College London researchers have developed a tool to instantly diagnose or rule out womb cancer called iKnife This technology could provide a diagnosis within minutes for people with abnormal vaginal bleeding, speed up access to cancer treatment and reduce the anxiety of waiting for a result.?

UCL researchers have developed a new test, called WID test, in which by using a cervical screening sample, it can identify advanced cell changes in the cervix and could predict the chance of these changes developing in the future.?

Even though I’m proud of what we have achieved, we haven’t reached the finish line yet and now more than ever we urgently need your support and donations to keep going.??

Earlier this year we launched the first Eve Fellowships programme. Our goal is to attract promising researchers, who with expertise and passion can work on improving outcomes of gynaecological cancer patients. In supporting their careers, they will bring hope for the future, with new discoveries and improved ways to prevent and detect these cancers earlier, which will save lives. I believe the Fellowships programme can transform lives, but we desperately need your support to make that happen.??

As we reflect on the past year, we are facing a difficult time. The cost-of-living crisis has had a huge impact on our income, with less donations coming in than expected, yet the demand for our services rocketing, with double the amount of people contacting our Ask Eve nurse service than last year, and the increasing need for research funds.?

None of the progress we have achieved could have been done without you, and we can’t continue our important work without you either. I know times are tough for everyone right now, but I would be so grateful for any support you can give.?

Thank you for all your support so far - your fivers, tenners and often so much more - make all of this possible. If you would like to know more or donate today, please do head over to our website The Eve Appeal

https://donate.eveappeal.org.uk

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