CARDIFF residents have left £2.4m to Cancer Research UK in their wills over the last year, figures reveal.

The charity said that local supporters are playing a vital role in Cancer Research UK’s vision to beat cancer by helping to fund its life-saving research.

The charity spent almost £4m on research in Cardiff last year, supporting the work of some of the UK’s leading scientific and clinical research.
It funds work led by Professor Alan Clarke, at Cardiff University, who is studying a molecule called APC, which is faulty in many cases of bowel cancer.

Nick Georgiadis, legacy fundraising manager at Cancer Research UK, said: “Leaving a gift to charity is a simple way for anyone to support a good cause.

“Without the income we receive from legacies each year, we would not be able to continue all our world-class research into the causes and treatments of all forms of cancer.

“Our work has saved millions of lives across the world, and over the next decade we aim to save many more. But we can’t do this without the support of the public, and in these difficult times, we need that more than ever.”
Around 1,500 people are diagnosed with cancer every year in Cardiff. But more people are surviving the disease as a result of earlier detection, more effective diagnosis and improved treatments.

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