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As the decade draws to a close, Lady Elsie has been reflecting on 10 years of clinical drug trials in the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre and looking back on a year of significant achievements

Our friends and colleagues at Newcastle University shared this great news about a breakthrough in neuroblastoma research today. The ImageStream Imaging Flow Cytometer, the cutting-edge equipment that enabled this important research, was funded in 2013 with a

Thank you to Ronnie Stappard from Ponteland Golf Club who chose us as his Captain’s Charity and raised £2,676 over the last year – a record amount. A great achievement, especially given the club’s long history. Lady

Later this month, Owen Conlin, from Sydney, Australia, will return to his Geordie roots to take on a very special challenge to raise funds for our Foundation. The 51-year-old, originally from Forest Hall, Newcastle, moved abroad in

In 2008, when Professor Plummer was treating Sir Bobby as he faced cancer for a fifth time, she was also trying to raise £500,000 to equip a new cancer drug trials unit and asked him if he