Cancer Connect - About Us

CancerConnect is the inspiration of two dedicated charity workers. Tony Bateson is a social entrepreneur who has founded many social enterprises especially for disabled children and adults, dyslexia, medical research and emergency medicine especially. Debbie Roscoe is an outstandingly successful ace fundraiser who has worked for childrens' charities and emergency medical services amongst others. Both were dismayed to learn how the Post Code Lottery in health care affected cancer sufferers more than any other patients perhaps.

One in three people in Britain will contract some form of cancer during their lifetime. Survival rates are negligible. But the scope to find out almost anything about the best available treatment is even smaller.

By contrast the USA has possibly the world's greatest diversity of medical treatment and care for cancer victims. Not to mention the best survival rates for many cancers.

Debbie Roscoe, Tony Bateson and others involved in this project have experienced cancer in their families and friends and have determined to develop a service that will significantly improve the opportunity for patients and their families to obtain this potentially life saving information. They want to fill the information void with high quality information that could help everyone to obtain the best possible treatment and care for their condition wherever that may be found.

The founders have extensive experience of establishing and fundraising for medical charities. They feel strongly that this service, taken for granted in the USA, will fill a vital role in Britain and that it will become an outstanding success.

Unlike other important medical and cancer sites in the UK we will not employ practising medics nor become entangled with the medical establishment, the pharmaceutical industry or government. We will strive to maintain an independence that will enable us to give service to those whose lives we seek to assist, patients and families of those affected by cancer.

23 February 2007


CancerConnect is the inspiration of two dedicated charity workers. Tony Bateson is a social entrepreneur who has founded many social enterprises especially for disabled children and adults, dyslexia, medical research and emergency medicine especially. Debbie Roscoe is an outstandingly successful ace fundraiser who has worked for childrens' charities and emergency medical services amongst others. Both were dismayed to learn how the Post Code Lottery in health care affected cancer sufferers more than any other patients perhaps. One in three people in Britain will contract some form of cancer during their lifetime. Survival rates are negligible. But the scope to find out almost anything about the best available treatment is even smaller. By contrast the USA has possibly the world's greatest diversity of medical treatment and care for cancer victims. Not to mention the best survival rates for many cancers. Debbie Roscoe, Tony Bateson and others involved in this project have experienced cancer in their families and friends and have determined to develop a service that will significantly improve the opportunity for patients and their families to obtain this potentially life saving information. They want to fill the information void with high quality information that could help everyone to obtain the best possible treatment and care for their condition wherever that may be found. The founders have extensive experience of establishing and fundraising for medical charities. They feel strongly that this service, taken for granted in the USA, will fill a vital role in Britain and that it will become an outstanding success. Unlike other important medical and cancer sites in the UK we will not employ practising medics nor become entangled with the medical establishment, the pharmaceutical industry or government. We will strive to maintain an independence that will enable us to give service to those whose lives we seek to assist, patients and families of those affected by cancer. 23 February 2007
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