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Well, that was a night to remember! This November, we held our popular Purple Ball at a stunning new venue, Denbies Wine Estate, set in the outstanding area of natural beauty of the Surrey Hills.  This year our Ball had a twist, with an Art Deco theme.  Everyone dressed up for the Roaring Twenties and enjoyed champagne

With special thanks to owners Robert and Tanya Lewis for opening their doors to their amazing private collection of over 70 pristine classic, super and hypercars cars and memorabilia to raise funds for the Topic of Cancer.  It’s no surprise that this event was a sell-out!  An one off opportunity to to see rare cars

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We celebrated the coronation of King Charles III at an open garden at Great Tangley Manor. Home to Rufus, the Red King in 1097 and to Henry I, King Stephen and Henry Plantagenet in the 12th century. Royal visitors included King John and, several hundred years later, Edward VI, George V, Queen Mary and Albert,

University of Surrey PhD student, Tyler Wooldridge successfully completed the London Marathon, raising a whopping £1,300 for the Topic of Cancer. What a superstar!! Tyler said ‘Thank you to everyone that donated to help raise some funds for ToC. They really are an amazing charity that do tonnes for supporting patients and helping to finance

A huge thank you to The Guildford Quilters group who held a fascinating exhibition at West Horsley Place and chose Topic of Cancer as one of their charities. Visitors commented how generous the quilters were sharing their expertise and advice. They raised a whopping £3,500 for us and we are so grateful for their support.

Congratulations to Dr Guy Simpson from our University of Surrey labs, who has been awarded a Medical Research Council (MRC) Impact Acceleration grant for his project entitled ‘Novel viral Immunotherapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer in BCG non-responding patients’. Although widely known as a vaccine for tuberculosis, the BCG vaccine has also been used as

More exciting developments in research field, from our very own Prof Hardev Pandha Findings from a 7-year research which he led suggests that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults – Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Prof Pandha said: “People who suffer from

Topic of Cancer is so grateful to Milford Golf Club for their amazing donation of £12,500 and should like to thank the outgoing captains for designating us as their charity of the year in 2022. The money raised will go towards a Leica machine which will benefit the work of the research team enormously. We