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Cancer Research Wales (CRW) formerly South Wales Cancer Research Council was established as a registered charity (No. 248767) in 1966. We support research projects throughout Wales, principally in radiotherapy and chemotherapy centres. Money raised in Wales is spent in Wales, so that local cancer patients derive the initial benefits from advances in treatment and prognosis.
Primarily run by professionals on a voluntary basis, Cancer Research Wales is an impressively efficient charity: an average of 96% of the money donated over the last five years has gone directly to research and only 4% to administrative costs.
Cancer Research Wales is based at the Clinical Oncology Service inVelindre Hospital, part of the Velindre NHS Trust, where over 4,000 new cancer patients are treated annually. In addition, approximately 50,000 outpatients are seen by cancer specialists at Velindre Hospital and clinics throughout South East Wales.
Velindre Hospital has 98 beds and over 250 staff who treat patients from the whole of the South Wales area. Velindre Hospital provides a quality service, is at the forefront of cancer treatment and plays a major role in pioneering new therapies. CRW and Velindre NHS Trust work together to ensure that money given for cancer research is spent wisely and that money raised in Wales is spent in Wales.
In addition to the research at Velindre Hospital, CRW is also supporting research work in the Radiotherapy departments in Swansea and North Wales.
Our Research Council consists of a Chairman, Dr. D. K. L. Davies O.B.E. and twelve members all of whom give their services entirely voluntarily. There are two permanent sub-commitees: the Scientific Advisory Commitee and the Finance Commitee. All cancer research project applications received by Cancer Research Wales are first checked by the Scientific Advisory Commitee and then sent to external reviewers for assessment. Only the projects that receive an ALPHA rating are funded. An ALPHA grade identifies projects that are at the fore-front of cancer research and will provide information that will help in the treatment and prognosis of future cancer patients. Unfortunately there are never enough resources to fund all ALPHA rated projects and out of necessity the Council are forced to prioritise. More income is the only way to ensure the support of all worthy projects.
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