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A $1 million donation will help patients with pancreatic cancer being treated at London Health Sciences Centre.
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The money comes from the estate of Tom Allan, who died 17 years ago after a battle with pancreatic cancer, and the Tom and Sue Allan Family Fund that is part of the London Community Foundation.
The funds will create and support a new position at the hospital in its Baker Centre for Pancreatic Cancer for the next eight to 10 years, London Health Sciences Foundation said Monday.
The patient health facilitator will assist people who are diagnosed with the disease, “alleviating some of the burden during such an overwhelming time,” the foundation said.
“Pancreatic cancer continues to be a stealthy, rapidly progressing cancer that will leave the newly diagnosed totally overwhelmed. As new treatments begin to emerge . . . it will be critical for these patients and their families to have a disease-centred patient facilitator to assist them,” Sue Allan said.
Pancreatic cancer progresses quickly and has one of the lowest five-year cancer survival rates, the foundation said. It is often not detected until its late stages, making the complex treatment even more difficult.
“Through the generosity of donors like the Allan family, improved patient care and the hope for a better future is possible for patients with pancreatic cancer,” said John MacFarlance, who heads the hospital foundation.
With the patient facilitator supporting and advocating on their behalf, “patients will go from diagnosis to treatment faster and easier than before,” the foundation said.
Rick Baker was a London entrepreneur who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2016. Before he died in 2020, Baker donated $1.5 million to create the Baker Centre for Pancreatic Cancer that treats patients and researches the disease.
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