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Public talk on the achievements and challenges associated with cancer research and care

Bill Gullick, Professor of Cancer at the University of Kent and Scientific Advisor for the Kent Cancer Trust, has been invited by Alan Maynard, Chairman of the Kent Oncology Centre Pump Appeal, to give a public lecture in Tunbridge Wells about the achievements and challenges associated with cancer research and care.

His talk, which is presented in association with Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital, will take place at the Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells on Thursday 24 April at 7.30 pm. Admission is free but strictly by ticket only. Tickets are available from Alan Maynard (Tel: 01892 530624).

Titled Super boffin discovers miracle jab for cancer (a variation on a News of the World headline from 1983), Professor Gullick's lecture aims to communicate the many positive changes in the recovery rates for certain cancers over the past few years, as well as the development, progress and reality of new drugs such as Herceptin.

Professor Gullick said: 'One of the main objectives of the Kent Cancer Trust is to increase public awareness of the causes and treatments of cancer. It is therefore a pleasure and an honour to be asked to give this lecture by Mr Maynard, one of the charities most active and loyal supporters. In the lecture I will show how research into this increasingly common disease is resulting in more effective and less toxic treatments and how you can help to support the charity's work.'

Professor Gullick joined Kent's Department of Biosciences in 2000. Prior to this he was Professor of Molecular Oncology at Imperial College School of Medicine. He is a member of the University's Biomedical Science Research Group, a multidisciplinary group that aims to find new approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The group has strong links with Kent and Canterbury Hospital and the Maidstone Oncology Centre.

Professor Gullick is also Scientific Advisor for the Kent Cancer Trust, a registered charity that was established in 2004 to relieve the suffering of cancer patients and to improve the provision of cancer care, public information and the training and development of cancer clinicians, medical staff and students within the Kent area.

He is a former president of the Federation of European Cancer Societies and the European Association for Cancer Research.

Contact: mediaoffice@kent.ac.uk

Story published at 12:00pm 24 April 2008