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RSF’s training programme to support parents with an incurable cancer diagnosis
Supporting research for better outcomes for those with non-smoking lung cancer
Emotional support for families facing a parent’s incurable cancer diagnosis is often inconsistent. Every family in this situation should have access to professional support to help prepare their children for the future.
In early 2018, Ruth Strauss, the late wife of Sir Andrew Strauss, the former England cricket captain, was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer that affects non-smokers. She was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13.
”"The idea of setting up the foundation came up with Ruth in the last few months of her life. Ruth desperately wanted to help those affected by this terrible disease and she had a very strong sense of charity – in the broadest sense – of helping others less fortunate than ourselves”.
Andrew StraussRSF Founder & Ruth’s Husband
via Child Bereavement Network
via Child Bereavement Network
via Child Bereavement Network
The number of people diagnosed, in the UK, with non-smoking lung cancers is on the rise. It’s more common in women, with twice as many women than men being diagnosed. It’s also more prevalent in under 55s.
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