Jacky's 25 years' cancer experience is helping others to survive Gifts in Wills fund more than a third of the vital work by Cancer Research UK – which includes an inspiring project to bring hope for a breakthrough in breast, bowel and lung cancer Updated Advertorial Jacky has made a Gift in her Will to Cancer Research to help vital work in combating the disease Each year in the East Midlands, around 23,400 people are diagnosed with cancer. It's a sobering statistic, but the simple act of leaving a gift to Cancer Research UK in your Will could mean that vital work continues to tackle cancer.