Progress – the Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Support Charity

The objects of the CIO are:To preserve the welfare and quality of life and support patients diagnosed with, and their carers and their families affected by, Oesophageal-Gastric cancer throughout SE England for public benefit by: • Offering patient to patient / carer to carer support though support groups and individual one to one support. • Ensuring all patients, carers and family members have all the information (printed and online) they need at point of diagnosis and throughout their treatment pathway. • Improving the public's understanding and knowledge of symptoms to enable early diagnosis, making treatment choices and advising on the therapies available • Providing educational information, services, therapies, facilities and equipment not provided by statutory authorities which will benefit patients directly. • Assisting in the provision, providing support to and promoting the clinical research into Oesophago-gastric cancer that will benefit patients directly.