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Oxford charities come together for World Cancer Day

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The Lord Mayor of Oxford is joining forces with a cancer patient, who received life-saving treatment in the city, to unite the community on World Cancer Day.

Cancer Research UK and Oxford City Council are being supported by five local charities - Macmillan, Sue Ryder, International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, Cochrane and the Oxfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Group - to help raise money and awareness, and represent cancer patients in Oxford on February 4.

Read more (Department of Oncology website)

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