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Mark Cross Bone Cancer Fund
Administered by
UCLH'S Charities: Registration No 229771
This fund was set up in November 2003 following
the death of Mark Cross, aged 42, of Bone Cancer. Mark died at the
beginning of September 2003, nearly two years after he received this diagnosis.
Bone
Cancer is a rare but highly aggressive cancer. The treatment is very harsh.
Extensive research is needed for these rare cancers, so more can be learnt
about them, to find better treatments and ultimately provide a more positive
prognosis.
Together with trustees for the University College
London Hospitals' [UCLH] Charities, Mrs Jill Cross set up the Mark Cross Bone
Cancer Fund. Mark’s oncologist, Dr
Jeremy Whelan, senior consultant medical Oncologist at the Meyerstein Institute
of Oncology at University College Hospital [UCH], will use the Fund for
research into this type of cancer. Dr Whelan is one of very few experts in this
country on bone cancer. The money we raise will both help finance research into
bone cancer, and also raise public awareness of this cruel disease. By June 2005, thanks to many people's contributions and
committed fund raising, the Mark Cross Bone Cancer Fund presented £36,000 to Dr
Jeremy Whelan, who then spoke about bone cancer and the specific research
project this will support.
Mark
Cross was a remarkable person who showed so much courage, bravery and
determination throughout his illness. He never lost his wicked sense of humour
and was always positive despite several setbacks, and the dreadful side effects
of his treatment. He was generous, confident, ambitious, loved life and lived
it to the full. Mark achieved more in his 42 years than many can in
periods much longer. He enriched the lives of those who knew him and he left a
legacy and an attitude to life that we will learn from and remember.
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