CANCERactive patrons

Patrons of CANCERactive

	Professor Trevor Powles, OBE, Former head of Breast Cancer at The Royal Marsden; now at Parkside Oncology Centre, Wimbledon with breast cancer still as clinical interest.
	Professor Karol Sikora, Medical Director of CancerPartnersUK and honorary Consultant Oncologist at Hammersmith Hospital, London and was visiting professor at Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London until 2004.
	Professor Carlo Leifert, Professor for Ecological Agriculture, University of Newcastle. Specialist in Child cancers.
	Dr Philippa D Darbre, Senior Lecturer in Oncology,The University of Reading. Primary field is toxic causes of cancer.
	Dr Rosy Daniel, founder of Health Creation and formally Medical Director of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.
	Martin Shaw I´ve been involved with health and healing issues for nearly forty years. Every word of Chris´s book rang true and I´m convinced that the ideas in it are a powerful and effective way to optimum health. Anyone suffering from ill health or disease will find it a life enhancing experience.
	Janice Day, a writer-performer who passionately believes in the patient´s right to informed choices. Despite refusing all chemical treatments Janice has survived breast cancer for twelve years and her comedy memoir GETTING IT OFF MY CHEST, coming out this summer (2009), explores her remarkable journey as she lost a breast and gained a life.
	Dr Julian Kenyon, The Dove Clinic for Integrated Medicine and Founder and President of the British Society of Integrated Medicine.
	Janey Lee Grace is a co-presenter of Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Radio 2. She is passionate about health and well being and is the author of a series of books under the title "Imperfectly Natural". Janey also runs a web site with a thriving forum on holistic living www.imperfectlynatural.com
	Judy Evans has been an advocate of natural progesterone therapy since 1996 and has been reserching it for 7 years. Judy is a naturopath and medical herbalist with her own clinic in Somerset.
	Dr Andrew Tresidder, West Country GP with the philosophy to provide the best orthodox medicine to his patients and to use complementary approaches where appropriate.
	Dr Diane Keith, GP with interest in complementary therapies.
	Geoffrey & Rachael Boycott, Former England Cricketer, now commentator and his wife who helped him through his battle with cancer.
	Will Champion, Drummer of the highly successful rock band, Coldplay. Coldplay´s album Parachutes is dedicated to Will´s mother Sara, who lost her battle with cancer just before its debut.
	John Millward commenced practicing as a GP in 1962 and continued for 30 years before opening his own clinic for complementary medicine and allergies in 1995. Former mayor of Bournemouth.
	Vivien Clere Green, A Natural Health Consultant for the last 7 years she has run a practice in Henley-on-Thames and before that for 16 years in London.
	Mr Nicky Henson, British actor who has conquered stomach and colon cancer.
	Gloria Hunniford, Radio and TV personality. Lost her daughter Caron Keating to cancer in 2004.
<	Iolande Jackson has run her own Estate Planning and Wealth Management business for the past 27 years.
	Mr David Jenson, TV and radio personality.
	Madeleine Kingsley (MA Cantab) is a journalist and Relate counsellor. She has a special interest in advocacy for those who are young, vulnerable and troubled, but also travels far and wide, interviewing celebrities for Hello! magazine. She lives in the Yorkshire Dales with her husband and daughter Sally, a vet and competitive rider whose quality of life following two benign brain tumours has been immeasurably enhanced by CANCERactive’s work.
	Julie Kirkbride, MP, former Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove and former Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer.
	Patricia Peat RGN Former Oncology Nurse and founder of Cancer Options Consultancy -dedicated to helping people access quality unbiased information about all approaches to cancer. After years of observing the medical profession disempowering people trying to help themselves, through cancer, set about helping people access quality, unbiased information about all approaches to cancer.
	Koo Stark, American photographer, writer and actress living in London who has a strong personal interest in cancer after having a double mastectomy.
	Jan de Vries is a man who has been synonymous with expert complementary healthcare for over 40 years, both in the UK and abroad. He has 7 clinics, 5 health and diet centres plus 3 affiliated clinics in the UK offering osteopathy to acupuncture, herbal medicine to homeopathy and massage.
	Diane Yeo, Former CEO and driving force in the teenage cancer charity Sargent Cancer Care.