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Sir Peter and Lady Michael Foundation

The mission of the Sir Peter and Lady Michael Foundation is to support innovative research, clinical trials and applied methods of improving detection, management and non-invasive treatment of prostate cancer.

 

Sir Peter and Lady Michael have been actively involved in cancer research and cancer charities for some time. Peter is one of the Founders and the Chairman of the Pelican Cancer Foundation in the UK.

 

In the United States, the Sir Peter and Lady Michael Foundation is a ten-year old, California-based, 501(c)(3) devoted to fundraising for prostate cancer medical research and patient care.

 

Sir Peter and his team believe that tumour imaging is the key to the proper planning of all cancer management and that it is particularly deficient at the present time in prostate cancer.

 

Superior imaging will improve the identification and characterisation of cancers before and after therapy. This refined imaging of the extent and volume of the prostate cancer helps physicians select the best course of treatment for improving optimal patient outcomes.

 

The Sir Peter and Lady Michael Foundation is funding the Pelican Fellowship at the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research at the University of California San Francisco. This fellowship will provide support for Dr. Daniel Vigneron who is doing important, leading research developing new techniques for anatomic and metabolic imaging of prostate cancer.

 

The Sir Peter and Lady Michael Foundation inaugurated its cancer fundraising mission with the publication last year of HANDS and HEARTS: The passion to create great food and wine.Beautifully photographed, this award-winning, large format book includes portraits of fifteen of the world’s finest chefs and their restaurants, along with original recipes thoughtfully paired with a variety of Peter Michael Wines.

 

HANDS and HEARTS can be seen at www.petermichaelfoundation.org. The book is available complimentary with donations to the Foundation of $300/£200 or more.

 

The latest foundation newsletter can be viewed  here:

 

Newsletter_2007.pdf