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Tenovus Cancer Care remains the biggest Wales-based funder of cancer research and has developed a range of services to support cancer patients directly, including a free
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Tenovus Cancer Care allocates approximately £1M annually to fund research endeavors, including both laboratory research aimed at advancing cancer treatments, and community-based research initiatives to support local individuals and their families. Currently, the charity funds PhD studentships in
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Initially, the charity funded a range of local projects in health and social field. In 1964, Tenovus Cancer Care embarked on a project that was to influence their work over the next 40 years. D.R. Edwards, the founder
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Tenovus Cancer Care was established in 1943 by ten businessmen (hence the 'ten of us'). Those men were D.R. Edwards, C. Harris, G. Brinn, C.E. Rolfe, D. Curitz, G.T. Addis, T.J.E. Price, H. Thomas, H.E. Gosling and T. Curitz.
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