| In welcoming you to our website, I sincerely wish you enjoy (and gain an insight from) your exploration of the world of PDT – Photodynamic Therapy.
PDT is currently available for skin cancer (non-melanoma), mouth cancer, head and neck cancer, and Barrett's.
Trials are underway for PDT for early lung cancer, prostate cancer, Barrett's (with a new drug) and bile duct cancer.
But PDT could be developed for arterial disease, pancreatic cancer, for liver tumours, vulval and cervical cancer and so many more, if we had the funding to pay for the trials process. It could be in research for brain tumours, MRSA and even vascular tumours and facial deformities.
Without the support of the Department of Health and the NHS, none of these new trials will ever start, and without a change of heart from the NHS and the Primary Care Trusts, so many patients who want PDT now for the approved treatments, won't be able to have them.
On the KILLING
Cancer website you'll find all the topline information
you'll need about PDT & Photodynamic Therapy. It's
a truly amazing treatment that is effective now for
a number of cancers … and with your support
and backing, it can be developed to deliver so many
more cancer treatments in the years to come.
If you are here because you are searching for a treatment
for you, or a friend, please CLICK
HERE to automatically
create an email that will get to the right email address.
We will try to
get back to you within a few days – as
you will read below, the cancers and conditions where
PDT can perhaps have a role include: early stage lung
cancer (but not when it has spread far from the point
of origin), non melanoma skin cancers, pancreatic cancer,
bile duct cancer, prostate cancer, Barrett’s
oesophagus (not full oesophageal cancer) and head and
neck cancer
Perhaps you are
here on the site because you have read of our need
to raise funds to fund the development of new treatments.
There are several
links on the website to the charity where you can
email or write to us, while you can also donate from
the website via the red DONATE NOW link on the left
hand side of this page.
You can download the main prospectus
by clicking
here.
The
website is designed to help you to find a possible
PDT treatment that might be suitable for you or a
friend.
Barrett's Oesophagus
 Barrett's
Oesophagus is a pre-cancer in the oesophagus, and the
most common treatment is surgery that can be particularly
damaging and take months to recover from. We feature
a picture here of Malcolm Oliver. His story is in the
PDT
Patients section. If you or someone you know
would like to be considered for this treatment, please
do contact us. Email us at patient.killingcancer@virgin.net
so we can put you in contact with the people at the
UK centres who could offer treatment. There are units
in Dundee, Glasgow, Goole, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool,
Sheffield, Derby, Swansea, Gloucester and London.
News
You may read the features in the national
media about the treatment of Kim Wuyts, Mike Sharratt,
Misha Lynn or Beverley Moy discussing their PDT skin
cancer treatments. You might also have read about PDT
in the Daily Mail. Some of the case stories are available
in the PDT
Patients section on the left hand side of
the home page.
Skin Cancer and Mouth Cancer
 The
National Medical Laser Centre at London's University
College Hospital has been a pioneer in the development
of PDT for skin, mouth and other oral cancers, and if
you need a skin cancer treatment, email us at patient.killingcancer@virgin.net
and we can direct you to your nearest PDT centre nationwide.
There is a treatment with Metvix for 'thinner' skin
cancers that is available nationwide, while for deeper
lesions we advise an appointment with Colin Hopper and
his team at the NMLC for a different treatment. Please
have a look at the PDT
Patients section featuring the stories of
Kim
Wuyts and Mike
Handley.
Bile Duct and Pancreatic Cancer
KILLING Cancer is heavily involved with
funding the new trials of PDT for the bile duct and
the pancreas. Both of these exciting new developments
require additional funding. If you feel able to help,
or know someone who might be suitable to be included
on the trials, please email us at patient.killingcancer@virgin.net
so we can pass on your details to the medical research
teams. We have recently donated £10,000 from funds
raised to help to kick-start the pancreatic trial.
Numbers are strictly limited, so you will need to be
fast to register.
Prostate Cancer
 The
new Prostate Cancer trial using the Tookad drug is entering
Phase 2. If you know someone who might be suitable to
be included on the trials that will be starting in early
2007, please do contact us and email us at patient.killingcancer@virgin.net
so we can pass on your details to the medical research
teams. Please have a look at the Patient Files account
of his treatment from Bill
Lee.
Early Lung Cancer
The number of patients being successfully
treated for their early stage lung cancer is growing,
but we do emphasise that PDT is only being used with
patients who have small lesions. Please do contact us
and email us at patient.killingcancer@virgin.net
so we can pass on your details to the medical research
teams.
Louise Longman - Vascular Tumour
 Sometimes
I am asked why I am so convinced as to the benefit to
patients of PDT. The answer is incredibly easy. PDT
successfully treated my eldest daughter of her vascular
tumour for which there appeared to be no other treatment,
other than amputation. Instead, the National Medical
Laser Centre developed an adaptation of current PDT
science to create a treatment that consumed the tumour
totally. Louise is now pain free, and enjoying life
again without the threat of amputation hanging over
her. Louise is pictured here with charity supporter,
Chris Tarrant. Have a look at the PDT Patients section
for Louise's
story.
Other treatments - Contact Us
PDT is also being used experimentally
for several other cancers at the NMLC and at other locations
in the UK. If you have a particular question, email
us please at: patient.killingcancer@virgin.net.
Please put your cancer name enquiry in the subject line.
This will help us deal with your enquiry more efficiently
and promptly.
School Visits
We have been taking a roadshow into
schools during the last summer, talking about the threat
offered from sun beds and un-protected sun exposure.
If you would like us to visit your school, please email
us at schools.killingcancer@virgin.net
so we can make arrangements.
Funding PDT research
KILLING Cancer is trying to secure funding
for numerous treatment research programmes for PDT.
This includes programmes for leukaemia and for the treatment
of heavy periods. The medics also need funding to advance
their work in the oesophagus. If you would like to discuss
your possible donation, please email: killing.cancer@virgin.net.
You can make online donations at: Just Giving Website.
See the links under DONATE NOW.
Media Enquiries
If members of the media would like to
contact the charity to arrange interviews with patients
treated, or to contact the media, please email: david.longman1@virgin.net,
or phone: 0779 88 33 003.
GPs
If you would like to discuss any issues
about PDT and its possible suitability for a patient,
please email: gp.killingcancer@virgin.net
Further Information
Write to us
If you don't have access to email, you
can always write to us at:
Killing Cancer
Rectory Cottage
High Street
Hemingford Abbots
Huntingdon
PE28 9AH
Thanks
May I thank Lance Corley and Chris Grant at IVC for their help with this website.
Click on the Chris Tarrant link at the bottom of this page to see a series of short video clips and interviews with Chris and the medics and skin cancer patient, Kim Wuyts.
KILLING Cancer is here to help you. We are already doing some amazing things, and with your love and support we can do so much more.
David Longman
Founder and Director
KILLING Cancer
|
