Shirley Cuff was a vibrant and much-loved wife and mother of three children. She and her family were devastated when in December 2009 she was diagnosed with colon cancer that had already spread to her liver.
Despite a valiant three-year fight, including chemotherapy, surgery and internal radiation, Shirl died at home with her family on 20 July 2013.
Motivated by a desire that other families not be faced with the same experience, and as a tribute to Shirl’s courage, her husband Jeff set up the Shirley Cuff Cancer Research Foundation. The foundation supports the work of our colon cancer research team, headed by Professor Antony Burgess.
