Local runner’s marathon effort to fund breast cancer research
Press Release For immediate release: 15 February 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local runner’s marathon effort to fund breast cancer research Budding runner Alex Agbamu from Buckhurst Hill, Essex has pulled on his running shoes to train for the Virgin London Marathon in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The lawyer will join thousands of runners at the starting line on Sunday 25 April after his wife Sabeena was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. Alex said: “Our lives were turned upside down at the end of 2008 when my wife, Sabeena, was diagnosed with breast cancer. The cancer was advanced and for a while we did not know whether she could be cured. We were lucky. She received excellent treatment from the doctors and nurses who looked after her. She underwent a long and punishing course of treatment involving chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. The treatment worked and she made a full recovery. He added: “Cancer is a terrible, yet in most cases a treatable, disease. Every day in the UK alone more than 100 people on average are diagnosed with breast cancer. Thanks to astonishing advances in screening and treatment most survive. By making your generous donation you will be helping in the fight against this disease. Your money will be going towards continuing research into the causes and treatment of the disease as well as providing care and support for sufferers and their families.” To help Alex reach his fundraising target of £2,000 please visit www.justgiving.com/alexanderagbamu and donate what you can. If you have a place in this year’s Virgin London Marathon and would like to join Alex on Campaign’s running team, please call the Events team on 0207 749 3700 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org. As a Campaign runner you will automatically become a member of Linford’s All Stars – a new exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. Ends Picture caption: Alex Agbamu Notes to editors • Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure • Currently it supports 112 research projects, worth over £16.8 million, in 42 centres of excellence across the UK and Ireland • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women • In the UK, nearly 46,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 125 a day • Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org • Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/ • Breast Cancer Campaign is campaigning for all candidates standing for election to Westminster to sign up to the breast cancer research pledge: www.breastcancercampaign.org/election
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