Our Foundation has donated to the Danish Cancer Society, a century-old organisation that works in three main areas (research, information and patient support) to support experimental and clinical cancer research, disseminate knowledge about the nature and treatment of cancer and provide support to cancer patients in need. A certificate of appreciation was presented to our Foundation from the society.
Efforts to Fight Against Cancer Should Be Supported
Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Cancer affects many people in our society. A strong and active work is required for a cancer-free life. As Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, we are honoured to donate to the Danish Cancer Society, which has been conducting research and studies for more than 100 years for fewer people to get cancer, more people to survive cancer and a better life with and after cancer.”
Danish Cancer Society
The foundation stone of the Danish Cancer Society was laid in 1904-05, when leading Danish doctors decided to make an effort to fight cancer. This was done by forming the Cancer Committee of the General Danish Medical Association. At that time, the cancer-curing effect of radium had just been discovered. The aim of the committee was to raise money for the purchase of radium. Upon the death of Frederik VIII in 1912, a nationwide fundraiser was organised for the newly established Radium Foundation, which was tasked with establishing and running radium stations (cancer hospitals) where cancer patients could be treated with radium. In 1928, the National Association of the Danish Cancer Society was founded by merging the activities and financing of the Cancer Committee and the Radium Foundation.
When the National Association of the Danish Cancer Society was founded in 1928, the association’s most important task was to treat cancer patients. It was also to support experimental and clinical cancer research, to disseminate knowledge about the nature and treatment of cancer and to provide support to cancer patients in need. The last three areas are in fact the same areas in which the Society works today: research, information and assistance to patients and their relatives, whereas today treatment is undertaken by the public sector.
However, other areas of focus, notably cancer research, were also important, and it was precisely this research that the association chose to strengthen throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In 1962, the operation of the radium stations was transferred to the state, which also provided increasing operational support. Today, the Danish Cancer Society still works in three main areas (research, knowledge and patient support). The voice of the Danish Cancer Society has weight, as it is one of the largest associations in the country and represents many members and active volunteers.
