Calling early career researchers! Would you like to present your research on Ewing sarcoma at the EEC Network Meeting on Tuesday 30 June 2026 in London? Apply by 3 May forms.office.com/e/fDF9gbCD6L. Travel awards provided by @bcrt-uk.bsky.social . Register for meeting www.surveymonkey.com/r/L2MXMRB
Today marks 20 years of the Bone Cancer Research Trust! 🧡
To honour our community, we’re launching a new campaign, Memories. Your memories will lead the way in shaping the story we share throughout our anniversary year.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/kpWo50YtjxX
#BCRTMemories
Bone Cancer Research Trust logo with hexagonal pattern and orange heart marking 20th anniversary.
Saturday, 14 March is the Bone Cancer Research Trust’s 20th Anniversary! 🧡
To honour our community, tomorrow at 9am, we’re launching a new campaign that puts your memories at its very heart.
We can’t wait to share this with you 🧡
#UntilTheresACure
Beth in a hospital bed with a lamb teddy on her right shoulder and a cast on her left arm. She is holding popcorn chicken. The BBC Radio 4 Appeal charity logo goes across the bottom of the image
There’s only one week until our BBC Radio 4 Appeal airs!
Our presenter, Ben Phelps, share the heartbreaking story of his daughter Beth, who passed away from Ewing sarcoma aged 12.
Listen on Sunday 15 March at 7:54am and 9:25pm
Please donate: https://ow.ly/fqVc50Yl23U
Ben Phelps sat in the BBC Radio 4 studio recording the appeal. He is wearing an orange Bone Cancer Research Trust hoodie and smiling at the camera. There is a microphone next to him.
It's two weeks until our BBC Radio 4 Appeal, broadcasting on Sunday, 15 March.
Our supporter, Ben Phelps, is presenting and sharing the story of his beloved daughter, Beth, who passed away from Ewing sarcoma just days before her 13th birthday.
Support us and donate: https://ow.ly/3XvO50YkUtN
Please tune in to our BBC Radio 4 appeal to hear more about Beth’s story and why tissue samples from patients are vital in helping scientists better understand bone cancer and develop more effective treatments. 🧡
To find out more and donate, visit: https://ow.ly/RabO50YmkxI
Ben seated on a beige armchair, dressed in a Bone Cancer Research Trust hoodie, displaying a picture of Beth and a plush sheep toy. In the top right corner there is a blue BBC Radio 4 Appeal logo. There is text that overlays the photo which says: 'Presented by Ben Phelps. Listen and support Sunday 15 March at 7:54am and 9:25pm Thursday 19 March at 3:27pm
Tune into our BBC Radio 4 appeal, broadcasting on Sunday, 15 March at 7:54am and 9:25pm.
Our supporter, Ben Phelps, is presenting and sharing the story of his beloved daughter, Beth, who passed away from Ewing sarcoma just days before her 13th birthday 🧡
https://ow.ly/YemE50Yi0Ot
Dr Mónica Pascual-García in a blue shirt sitting at a desk using a computer mouse and talking on the phone, with a grant announcement banner above.
New funding has been awarded to Dr Mónica Pascual-García from Universitat de Barcelona aiming to develop effective treatments that help re-educate immune cells to fight osteosarcoma cells and stop them from spreading.
Read more: https://ow.ly/667R50XW4mb
Graphic design for World Cancer Day with the date 04 02 and a location pin featuring a stylized letter b over a blue globe.
Today is #WorldCancerDay, a day where we come together to raise awareness worldwide of the impact cancer has.
Each year, thousands of people are diagnosed with primary bone cancer around the world, and their voices deserve to be heard 🧡
Please share this post to raise more awareness.
Brochures on osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma are displayed on an orange tablecloth. The tone conveys information and support awareness. The World Cancer Day and Patient Information Creator logos are included in the bottom left corner.
Ahead of #WorldCancerDay, we are also thrilled to announce we have once again been re-certified under the Patient Information Forum (PIF) TICK scheme!
This is a quick way to assure our supporters that BCRT’s information is reliable and trustworthy 🧡
Find out more: https://ow.ly/ufVC50Y84CR
We were honoured to be at 10 Downing Street alongside fellow cancer charities to mark #WorldCancerDay.
Our Chief Executive, Will Burchell, and Patient Advocate, Andy Westwood, were incredibly proud to represent bone cancer patients and give a voice to their experiences 🧡
#UntilTheresACure #WCD26
🌟@bcrt-uk.bsky.social is now PIF TICK re-certified.
This means its health information continues to be:
- Evidence-based
- Up-to-date
- Easy to use and understand
Get PIF TICK certified: pifonline.org.uk/pif-tick/how...
Two professional women shown in headshots, Dr Meena Rafiq from UCL and Silvia Kraft from Bone Cancer Research Trust, with their titles displayed below, alongside related cancer support logos.
We are speaking at the next GP Community of Practice webinar on the 21st January, 1-2pm, in collaboration with Macmillan Cancer and Cancer Research UK
Dr Meena Rafiq and Silvia Kraft are representing the primary bone cancer community 🧡
If you're a GP, sign up here: https://ow.ly/AmGb50XXj06
Professor Wenhui Song
A new £1 million cancer research project, led by Professor Wenhui Song UCL and funded by Children with Cancer UK in collaboration with Bone Cancer Research Trust, will drive the development of next-generation immunotherapy for Ewing sarcoma.
Read more: https://ow.ly/SCkP50XWEgW
#Research
In person 'Get Together' event for the Bone Cancer Research Trust in Cambridge
An in person support 'Get Together' for Bone Cancer Research Trust in Wigan
We’re excited to share that the Bone Cancer Research Trust has received £19,450 of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund towards our Support and Information service 🧡
Read more about the funding: https://ow.ly/fvIh50XAJwK
#NationalLottery #BoneCancer #Support #UntilTheresACure
We are proud to announce the appointment of our first-ever Youth Ambassador, Annabel Kiki!
Annabel will support us in advocating for the needs of young people living with or facing bone cancer, alongside helping to amplify their voices and strengthen engagement.
https://ow.ly/TAvG50XLxvz
Collage of people wearing orange Bone Cancer Research Trust awareness shirts making heart shapes with their hands in various indoor settings.
As we step into the New Year, we want to say a heartfelt thank you from us all here at the Bone Cancer Research Trust!
Thanks to your incredible support, we’re able to fund life-saving research and ensure that no one faces bone cancer alone.
None of this would be possible without you🧡
The Bone Cancer Research Trust information resources laid out on an orange table
We are committed to producing information that is high quality, evidence-based, up-to-date and accurate. That's why we were awarded PIF TICK certification, the UK’s only assessed quality mark for health information 🧡
Read our information resources: https://ow.ly/oIQX50UK298
We would like to wish all our supporters, wherever you are, a Merry Christmas from all of us at #TeamBones HQ 🎄🧡
Abbi resting in a hospital bed connected to multiple medical devices and IV lines, with a visitor leaning in supportively.
In December 2024, Abbi was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma in her spine.
Her 11-hour operation not only saved her life but changed it completely.
Please help patients like Abbi cope with the after effects of treatment so they can live life as normally as possible.
https://ow.ly/3XHY50XKjeE
In December 2024, Abbi was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma in her spine exactly three weeks before Christmas Day.
Her whole world was turned upside down.
Please watch, share and donate this Christmas to help people like Abbi have hope for the future: https://ow.ly/3XHY50XKjeE
#UntilTheresACure
Watch a special message from one of our research team, Professor Sibylle Mittnacht at UCL to learn how your donation this Christmas will help our dedicated researchers find kinder and more effective treatments for primary bone cancer.
Please donate today at: https://ow.ly/4CoK50XKeMz
Christine was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2022.
Her cancer returned in 2023 and she had her leg amputated so she could focus on watching her daughters grow up.
The cancer is terminal and she now creates special memories for her girls to hold onto.
Please donate today: https://ow.ly/2UQn50XJM6U
Christine and he family dressed in festive attire posing in front of a large, decorated Christmas tree with gold and blue ornaments indoors.
My name is Christine and in January 2022, I was diagnosed with bone cancer, in my heel.
I had surgery, which was successful, but in 2023, my cancer returned, and I had my leg amputated.
Devastatingly, the cancer is terminal.
Please donate and give the gift of hope: https://ow.ly/76aK50XJK5x
Your support is making research progress possible! 🧡
Watch this thank you from our researcher, Dr Martin Pule, whose research involves developing CAR T therapy as a potential treatment for osteosarcoma patients.
Please drive more progress by donating: https://ow.ly/4A1n50XHppZ
#UntilTheresACure
Abbie with a prosthetic leg practicing walking between parallel bars in a rehabilitation center.
My name is Abbie and when I was 17, I was diagnosed with bone cancer in my leg which led to an amputation.
If treatments were kinder or the diagnosis came earlier, things might've worked out differently for me.
Your support matters so much 🧡
Please donate today: https://ow.ly/HNSu50XzWXC
Our newest blog highlights the great work at @bcrt-uk.bsky.social and the multiple awards they received at the SPAGN Annual Conference this year.
Read more & Share: www.sarcoma-patients.org/blog/bcrt_aw...
#SarcomaAwareness
New research funded by BCRT will investigate two established chemotherapy drugs for the treatment of Ewing sarcoma.
The grant has been awarded to Dr Nikolas Herold at the Karolinska Institutet, with researchers from The University of Manchester and Universität Heidelberg.
https://ow.ly/NZrS50XGKys
Abbie lying in a hospital bed wearing a white t-shirt and red socks, with medical equipment and personal items nearby.
My name is Abbie.
When I was just 17, I was diagnosed with bone cancer in my knee. It changed my life forever — including a full leg amputation.
No one should have to face that reality. But many people with bone cancer are.
Give the gift of hope today: https://ow.ly/FcWw50XzW6R
Thank you 🧡
Dr Tyler Barr, postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, stood in a lab
Scientists from the @UniversityofLeeds, together with teams in the UK and internationally have found a promising new immunotherapy for Ewing sarcoma.
From testing a modified virus, they hope it will recognise and destroy tumour cells more effectively.
Read more at: https://ow.ly/AIsH50XBRXo
