NEWS, INFORMATION & PRESS CONTACTS

Please help us publicise Cancer Buddies Network so that everyone affected by cancer can find the support and friendship they need to help them through their own cancer journeys. Thank you so much.

Contacts:

Corinne Hitching
Communications
Cancer Buddies Network
Tel: 01730 810437 - 077641 83866
press@cancerbuddiesnetwork.org

Jan Rutter
CEO/Founder
Cancer Buddies Network
jan@cancerbuddiesnetwork.org

NOTES TO EDITORS - Please see links below for Press Releases

1. Cancer Buddies Network (CBN) is a Registered Charity No 1120207. It was started in August 2006 by social entrepreneur, Jan Rutter, who experienced cancer herself in 2001. She says: "One of the things I found more helpful and encouraging than anything else was being able to talk to other people who were going through the same thing as me. My family and friends were great and I couldn't have done it without them, but there is nothing like having someone to talk to who knows how you feel because they've been there, too." When Jan looked into finding a website of this kind where she could meet others in her position, she was surprised to find that there wasn't anything like this already in existence on the internet, and so the idea of Cancer Buddies Network was born.
   
   
2. CBN is supported by Macmillan Cancer Support, Millenium Grants UnLtd, Google, Streets Ahead and has links with other major cancer charities and hospitals up and down the country.
   
   
3. CBN also has the support of some of the UK's most eminent cancer specialists.
   
   Professor Ian Smith MD, FRCP, FRCPE, Professor of Cancer Medicine at the Royal Marsden Hospital, says: "As an oncologist I see patients and their families who are frightened and worried about the impact that cancer will have on their lives and how it will affect them. From my personal experience I have learnt that patients cope better when they are able to talk about what they are going through and share their experiences with someone who understands. I wholeheartedly support CBN, an exciting new concept in online Cancer Websites."
   
   Professor Jane Plant CBE, DSc, FRSM, FRSE, Professor of Geochemistry at Imperial College London and author of The Plant Programme, says: "We are delighted that Jan has set up Cancer Buddies to help other sufferers and their families. We are even more delighted that she is linking to Cancer Support International to help people find science-based advice on diet and lifestyle to help them complement orthodox treatments for cancer."
   
   
4. CBN is as valuable for the families, friends and carers of cancer sufferers as it is for the patients themselves. People can choose to chat simply and safely on a one-to-one basis by private messaging with other members onsite. They can also join in our lively forum which is a centre point for many people, giving love and support to all those who need it.

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