SJK foundation Women’s mini marathon

 The Sarah Jennifer Knott Foundation (SJK) was established following Sarah’s death from Cancer of Unknown Primary(CUP). Sarah died of Cancer in April 2015 aged 31. SJK Foundation was established in an effort to promote awareness, education and research into CUP to help make the unknown known.  

Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is when a secondary cancer is diagnosed, but doctors can’t tell where the primary cancer started. Secondary cancers are also usually treated according to the primary cancer. With CUP, the primary cancer isn’t known. This means that treatment choices are often more difficult to make. 

For many patients the primary cancer will never be identified and will remain unknown. A cancer diagnosis in itself is devastating for patients but for the cause of the cancer to be unknown is entirely overwhelming. Patients diagnosed with CUP need expert coordinated multidisciplinary support. 

The SJK team will be taking part in the Vhi Mini marathon to raise vital funds to make the unknown known, we’d love if you could join us or sponsor us.

You can find out more on the charity by visiting https://sjkfoundation.org or you can email SJK Foundation [email redacted] #fightforcup

SJK is a registered charity 20157838.