navigation search this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2012 the ralph bates pancreatic cancer research fund type charity founded 1992 1992 key people patron john sullivan website http www.ralphbatespcr.org.uk the ralph bates pancreatic cancer research fund is a uk based charity number 1007819 set up in 1992 in memory of british actor ralph bates who died of the disease six weeks after diagnosis . the main objective of the fund is to provide grants for research into causes diagnosis and treatments of pancreatic cancer . the grants enable equipment to be purchased or leased and cover the employment costs and expenses of researchers . 1 contents 1 fundraising 2 funded research 3 medical equipment 4 trustees 5 references 6 external links fundraising edit the fund receives no direct government assistance except for gift aid on qualifying donations . all donations are from private individuals and institutions such as freemasons lodges with a small amount deriving from corporations . golf days sponsored runs such as the london marathon and other similar events all help to generate funds . with the exception of some miscellaneous administration expenditure such as postage and stationery fund raising costs and annual audit fees all donations are used for the main objective of the fund . in the financial year to march 2002 96 % of all donations were used for charitable purposes . in the year to march 2003 the figure reduced to 87 % due to a reduction in donations received for the year . to march 2004 92 % to march 2005 94 % to march 2006 97 % . to march 2007 95 % to march 2008 87 % due to a reduction in donations received for the year . to march 2009 98 % . 2 funded research edit the charity mainly funds research at st george s university of london where work is currently focused on the effectiveness of drugs or a combination of drugs on pancreatic cancer cells and also their effectiveness in inhibiting cell resistance to chemotherapy . the research has resulted in a high impact publication in the international journal of cancer showing that a commonly used antibiotic doxycycline is capable of inducing cell death in human pancreatic cancer cells . 3 other funded research work at st george s has concentrated on the effect of protein control on cancer cells where a naturally occurring hormone like agent has been identified as having potential as a cancer treatment but which has no effect on healthy cells . 2 medical equipment edit in october 2007 the fund entered into an operating lease for the supply and installation of endoscopic ultrasound equipment in the oncology department at st george s. this equipment enables earlier diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and will provides data and samples to support the research work . trustees edit the trustees meet as necessary to review the work of the fund and its financial status . none receive remuneration for their services or reimbursement of expenses . the trustees are mr john sullivan obe patron mrs virginia bates dr john glees md frcr mr michael knight ms frcs mr patrick baly fca mr john sherry mr les biggs acis secretary . the patron of the fund john sullivan obe is the writer of the bbc tv series dear john in which ralph bates starred and only fools and horses . virginia bates ralph bates widow plays an active part in raising funds . references edit ralph bates pancreatic cancer research fund charity commission registration . charity commission . retrieved 2009 10 21 . a b charity commission filings pdf format requires url help contribution ignored help mouratidis petros x.e. ; kay w. colston ; angus g. dalgleish 2006 11 27 . doxycycline induces caspase dependent apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells . international journal of cancer . 120 4 743 752 . doi 10.1002 ijc .22303 . pmid 17131308 . retrieved 2009 10 20 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ralph bates pancreatic cancer research fund & oldid 700942468 categories cancer organisations based in the united kingdomhealth charities in the united kingdomcancer researchorganizations established in 19921992 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories articles with inconsistent citation formatspages using citations with format and no urlcs1 errors chapter ignoredorphaned articles from august 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 january 2016 at 15 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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