Charity Golf Classic boosts head and neck cancer research

UCL research into head and neck cancers received a funding boost in July through generous donations to the Paul Southgate Research Fund in excess of £85,000 at the Charity Golf Classic hosted by Debbie Seaman at Parque da Floresta in the Algarve, Portugal.

The Paul Southgate Research Fund was established by Lynne Southgate in memory of her husband Paul, who was treated by the Director of the UCL Cancer Institute, and his team. The event will be broadcast on Sky Sports (see dates and times below).

Head and neck cancers include those of the tongue, throat, tonsils and larynx. They are mainly associated with smoking, but a link has recently been identified to the same virus which causes cervical cancer (i.e. human papillomavirus). The overall survival rate for these cancers has not improved in the past decade.

UCL Hospital and the UCL Cancer Institute are working to develop understanding of the biology of these cancers, particularly the genes which mutate to cause these tumours, ultimately to develop new drugs for these types of cancers. Currently, drugs for these cancers are significantly less advanced than those for more common malignancies such as breast, colon and prostate cancers.

The UCL Cancer Institute is uniquely placed to analyse thousands of genes in one experiment, using high throughput sequencing technology which will ultimately leading to the identification of potential new targets for future therapy.

The Paul Southgate Research Fund has now raised in excess of £100,000,

for more information and how to donate:

Or contact Richard Sutton-Mattocks at the UCL Cancer Institute Research Trust on:

+44 (0)20 7679 6325

UCL Cancer Institute http:// www.ucl.ac.uk/cancer

Sky Screening Times

Charity Golf Classic 28/07/09 20:00 01:00 Sky Sports 3 Digital

Charity Golf Classic 28/07/09 22:00 01:00 Sky Sports 1 Digital

Charity Golf Classic 28/07/09 24:00 01:00 Sky Sports 3 Digital

Charity Golf Classic 28/07/09 26:00 01:00 Sky Sports 2 Digital

Charity Golf Classic 29/07/09 08:00 01:00 Sky Sports 2 Digital

Charity Golf Classic 29/07/09 14:00 01:00 Sky Sports 3 Digital