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Emyr Jones with CRW fundraiser Wendy Collie and Scientific Communications Manager Dr Lee Campbell.[/caption]
Cancer Research Wales - the only totally independent cancer research charity for Wales - has been chosen as the Farmers' Union of Wales' new charitable cause by its president Emyr Jones.
"I am assured by Cancer Research Wales that all money raised will be staying in Wales to fund pioneering research projects undertaken by internationally renowned scientists and PhD students," said Mr Jones.
The charity is currently funding a groundbreaking project looking at ways to stop breast and prostate tumours - the two most common cancers affecting men and women in Wales - spreading to other parts of the body.
Based at Velindre Hospital in Cardiff, the charity supports projects across the whole of Wales.
Its charity director Liz Andrews said: "It's fantastic that the Farmers' Union of Wales has chosen to support Cancer Research Wales.
"We rely on volunteers and fundraisers to help us pay for vital research projects and all the money raised will help in the fight against cancer, here in Wales. We would like to extend our thanks to everyone involved."
Cancer Research Wales was founded in 1966 by Dr Ken Davies. Since then it has raised many millions of pounds for research into the treatment and diagnosis of cancer which has benefitted people in Wales and all over the world.
Its own research laboratory at Velindre Hospital is a centre of excellence for the non-surgical treatment of cancer and the charity also funds other research into cancer at facilities across Wales.
More than 90p in the £ of all the money raised goes directly into cancer research. This money comes from ordinary, generous people all over Wales, the UK and the rest of the world, who help by leaving legacies or making donations.
Mr Jones said he hoped that by the end of next year the total amount raised by FUW members and supporters will be at least as much as the £15,316 handed over last year to the Wales Air Ambulance charity by his predecessor Gareth Vaughan.