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Support research that tests new cytotoxic drugs against cancer!

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Support a research project that tests the element Selenium as a new cytotoxin.

This project collection focuses on exploring the effect of selenium against cancer and every penny counts!

Selenium is a non-metallic element found in nature. Selenium intake in low doses, via food or supplements acts as an antioxidant. In really high doses, however, selenium acts as a traceable pro-oxidant that can cause "oxidative stress" and kill tumor cells.

Doing patient studies on an element without the involvement of pharmaceutical companies is costly and we are proud to have been the first to support selenium research led by Professor Mikael Björnstedt at Karolinska Institutet. There is a large amount of previous research on, among other things, cultured cells that shows that selenium can strike against tumor cells, while clinical research on humans is something very new. A previous so-called phase-I study at Karolinska University Hospital measured the doses that can be given to patients without serious side effects and the results were very promising. Patients who participated in the study had lung cancer with very poor prognosis and chances of survival. Now we want to contribute to a phase II study that will test this treatment on more patients and measure the effects of the treatment.

The hope is that selenium can be used in the future as a treatment with fewer side effects than cytotoxic drugs and against different types of cancer!

Every penny counts and perhaps most importantly, share this project with your friends. Thank you so much for your consideration!

We exist because we are convinced that the extreme increase in cancer and allergy diseases is largely related to the environment and lifestyle, and we see a great need to explore the environmental impact.
The research we support is close to the patient - which means that, unlike basic research, it should be able to benefit those affected by the disease in the near future.
As a basic policy, we have that our research funds should not be used for regular animal experiments.

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We need more research on pancreatic cancer!

Approximately 1,400 people are affected each year by the aggressive pancreatic cancer (National Board of Health and Welfare statistics from 2019). More than 80% of patients already develop disseminated disease when they are diagnosed. The tumors are often resistant to drugs and radiation, so it is often a rapid process after diagnosis (Regional Cancer Center in Samverkan). More research is needed to find new forms of treatment! The Cancer and Allergy Foundation has provided support to researchers PhD Helen Kaipe, Professor Michael Björnstedt, Adjunct Professor Urban Arnelo and PhD MD Bengt Fadeel, who all study pancreatic cancer but from different perspectives. A thick layer of connective tissue cells, cancer-related fibroblasts, forms around the tumor, which can prevent chemotherapy and the body's own immune cells from reaching to kill the tumor cells. Helen Kaipe researches understanding of how immune cells and fibroblasts interact in pancreatic cancer, Michael Björnstedt is researching possible new treatment concepts with the subject selenium, Urban Arnelo is researching improved palliative care while Bengt Fadeel is researching nanomedicine to find a more effective way to treat pancreatic cancer. Helen Kaipe sees a major challenge in making the tumor receptive to treatment, where one way may be to affect the ability of immune cells to migrate towards the tumor cells. She therefore studies the body's own immune system in the form of T cells (which are supposed to kill cancer cells). Tumors in the pancreas inhibit the activity of T cells and the so-called fibroblasts of the tumors prevent T cells from even moving towards the tumors. Kaipe wants to map T cells in different parts of pancreatic tumors, and study the composition of different types of T cells in these parts and also how the tumor tissue affects the influx of T cells into tumors. Read more about Helen Kaipe's latest research project that has been supported here: How can we help the body's immune cells to find the tumor? - Cancer and the Allergy Fund Michael Björnstedt researches the subject of selenium and how it creates changes in cells. It is mainly tumors that are resistant to common cytotoxic drugs that are particularly sensitive to selenium. Michael's latest project specifically studies patients with liver cancer and pancreatic cancer. The goal is to develop a completely new treatment concept and cure patients who today are without the possibility of treatment. Read more about the latest approved research project here: Can selenium help with cancer of the liver and pancreas? - Cancer and the Allergy Fund Urban Arnelo is researching improved palliative care for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Today, palliative care is often limited to chemotherapy (chemotherapy), while studies show that treatment with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can theoretically result in bile flow being improved and prolonging / improving survival compared to available standard treatments. Read more about Urban Arnelo's research project here: Palliative treatment for pancreatic cancer - Cancer and the Allergy Fund Using nanomaterials, Bengt Fadeel is trying to find a way to deliver drugs to the cancer cells inside the layer of connective tissue cells. With the help of nanomaterials, he hopes to lay the foundation for new treatment methods for pancreatic cancer. Here you can read more about Bengt Fadeel's research: Nanotechnology for better or worse: focus on cancer origin and treatment - Cancer and the Allergy Fund

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Help 5 cancer sufferers to afford their medications

Join and help 5 people who have been diagnosed with cancer to be able to afford their medicines. There are people in Sweden who cannot afford their medicine. Most people are surprised when we tell them. But sadly, most of the applications we receive every week come from people who, due to their cancer diagnosis, have had their finances run down. They can no longer work, doctor visits are numerous and medicines are expensive. Retirees who already have a limited economy are forced to turn over every penny to be able to pay what is necessary. Families with children have scarce resources and opportunities to afford activities beyond the ordinary. Many people who live alone feel isolated because their health combined with poor finances limits their social life. An excerpt from an interview with Malin, curator, who tells: In addition to the physical and mental strain that it means to be seriously ill, many whom Malin encounters also describe a financial vulnerability. In order to achieve high-cost protection for medicines, the person affected by the disease must have spent SEK 2,250. For a person with limited finances, just a few hundred bucks can make a big difference. Retirees, single parents and the unemployed are groups that are particularly vulnerable. - Some people completely refrain from collecting their medicine. It's terrible. Illness costs extremely much money, says Malin. Become their hero and help us to in our next grant meeting have the opportunity to help 5 people to afford their medicines! Help us help the sick with medicines, your gift makes a difference!

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Give more children with illness a boost in a difficult everyday life

All children want to play and have fun! But a cancer disease makes children susceptible to infection and the possibility of staying outdoors is very limited. Everyday life will not be as before and most of the time must be spent indoors. We help help these children with new fun toys and games that can make everyday life feel a little easier! A cancer diagnosis affects the whole family. For the families who seek support from us, the healthcare costs and the loss of income that are created when a parent needs to be at home with the child have created a difficult financial situation. Many describe that there is no money left over to invent something fun for the children. Together we can make everyday life more fun for these children! If 50 people give SEK 200 each, we collect SEK 10,000. Then three families with children receive employment materials such as toys, books, computer games or a bicycle. Help us in our next grant meeting to assist these families with a slightly more enjoyable life during a difficult and difficult time!

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Help the research team find cures for odor hypersensitivity

Particles and chemicals make everyday life difficult for odor-sensitive people. Join and contribute to a research project that is close to a cure. The project investigates sensory hyperreactivity (SHR) or odor hypersensitivity caused by, among other things, strong odors from perfumed products, floral odors, air pollutants and cigarette smoke. The scents trigger the so-called TRP receptors in the airways. It causes symptoms in the sufferer such as cough, runny nose, irritation and sometimes a feeling of shortness of breath. The condition never becomes life-threatening, but the problems can become so serious and stressful that it affects the whole of everyday life. Today, it is common for chemicals and particles to be spread by scenting in the public space. This often causes great concern for the victims, whose only solution may be to completely avoid certain public places. Chili acts as medicine One way to relieve the discomfort, focusing on chronic cough, seems to be found in capsaicin, the strong substance in chili. The successes of the research group mean that a large group of people who previously did not have any effective treatment available, could now alleviate their problems. Work on getting capsaicin approved as a medicine is underway, including a new large study, but it is expected to take time before it can be on the market. - The support from the fund has been absolutely crucial for my research, says Professor Eva Millqvist who leads the project, in an interview with the Cancer and Allergy Fund. Join and support research that makes a difference for people who suffer from odor hypersensitivity!

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Save a sister!

All people have their individual needs. But everyone needs sleep. Especially when you need to recover after a cancer treatment and have pain in the body, sleep poorly and sweat a lot. Then it is not possible with a dilapidated bed. Ingrid, 68, can testify to this. She has suffered from cancer three times in her life, of which breast cancer most recently. She received a grant from the Cancer and Allergy Fund for a new bed for a calmer recovery. A new breast cancer is diagnosed every hour in Sweden. Thanks to research, the prognosis for those affected is good. But the disease involves a very stressful time both during and long after treatment. The Cancer and Allergy Fund supports breast cancer sufferers; This year alone, we have helped 42 women diagnosed with breast cancer with a contribution to a new bed, wig, medicine and care costs. We also support breast cancer research. On our website, we have interviewed two researchers who receive funding from us. Both highlight the individual need; that treatment and rehabilitation can and should look different from patient to patient. Breast cancer affects our loved ones and it mainly affects women. Be it your mother, aunt, grandmother, grandmother who gets breast cancer, or a fellow human being you do not know personally. It can be a biological sister or a "fellow sister" - that is, someone you do not know but can still relate to. Give a gift to the Cancer and Allergy Fund so that we can support even more research and more disease sufferers! ♥ Join and save a sister ♥

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A bra that increases the well-being of a woman who has survived breast cancer!

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Help 10 cancer patients to free medical care for one year.

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Support allergy research

We are now approaching spring, which may be associated with pain for those suffering from pollen allergy. Did you know that 40 percent of Swedes suffer from some form of allergic disease? The trend also indicates that the number of victims will increase. With more research on allergies - why they occur and how they can be counteracted and treated - more people can live a hassle-free life. Thanks to the gifts of generous fellow human beings, the Cancer and Allergy Foundation was able to distribute SEK 1.8 million to six research projects linked to allergies in 2021. Read about them here: https://cancerochallergifonden.se/forskning/allergiforskning/ "The unique thing about the Cancer and Allergy Foundation's research support is the patient-centered focus, and that we are happy to support research projects from the start," says Mikael Björnstedt, professor of Pathology at Karolinska Institutet and scientific secretary of the Cancer and Allergy Foundation. What if allergies could just stop. With more research, they may at least be preventable or treatable. Participate in the fight against allergies by giving a gift. You then help people to a healthier life. Together, we can make a difference for the future by strengthening research.

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Support research that will cure patients who are not currently being treated

Professor Mikael Björnstedt at Karolinska Institutet has been researching the non-metallic element selenium for many years. Several organs (including the thyroid gland) are dependent on selenium. It is found in nature and in low doses, via food or supplements, selenium acts as an antioxidant. In really high doses, however, selenium acts as a traceable pro-oxidant that can cause "oxidative stress" and cause cell death in malignant tumor cells and inhibit tumor cell growth. Selenium can then be used as a potentially successful cancer drug. There is a large amount of previous research on, among other things, cultured cells that shows that selenium can strike against tumor cells, while clinical research on humans is something very new. This is something that Mikael Björnstedt's research group is carrying out. And be the first to join. The goal is to develop a completely new treatment concept and cure patients who today have no possibility of treatment: that selenium can be used in the future as a treatment with fewer side effects than cytotoxic drugs and against different types of cancer! Mikael Björnstedt is now studying cancer of the liver and pancreas . These are cancers with a very poor prognosis. These tumor forms are resistant to common cytotoxic drugs and new expensive so-called targeting drugs give no or only a very limited effect. It is mainly the tumors that are resistant to common cytotoxic drugs that are particularly sensitive to selenium. Mikael has come a long way with his studies, which is why an implementation in healthcare is not very far away, provided that they receive resources and can complete their studies. Mikael Björnstedt's research project is the first group to carry out a so-called phase-1 study on patients in clinical trials (in addition to laboratory studies). If the treatments with selenium show the same effectiveness as in the experimental laboratory models, this means a very great success for the entire oncology. Doing patient studies on an element without the involvement of pharmaceutical companies is costly and we are proud to have been the first to support selenium research led by Professor Mikael Björnstedt at Karolinska Institutet. Selenium is cheap, has low toxicity and can be given and distributed in a smooth way. Selenium also does not have a negative environmental impact, which can be seen with a wide range of drugs. Join and support a completely new treatment concept and cure a growing group of patients who today are without the possibility of treatment! Every krona counts. The Cancer and Allergy Fund distributed a total of SEK 5 million in 2021 to patient-oriented research projects on cancer and allergies. This is an increase of almost SEK 2 million from 2020, when a total of SEK 3.1 million was distributed. The research we support is close to the patient - which means that, unlike basic research, it should be able to benefit those affected by the disease in the near future. As a basic policy, we have that our research funds should not be used for regular animal experiments.

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