Save Stephen Campaign Raising Money to Help Musician Beat Cancer

Musician Stephen Sykes was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in February 2016. Donate via GoFundMe ot sign up to be a potential blood stem cell donor.

Published: 10 April 2017 | 12:00 AM Updated: 28 April 2021 | 4:28 PM

Musician Stephen Sykes was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in February 2016. His family is fundraising for a new type of drug, not widely available on the NHS, to reduce his cancer enough so that he can receive a life-saving stem cell transplant.

Donate via GoFundMe.

Stephen’s family also launched the #SwabforSykes appeal to raise awareness of stem cell donation and encourage people to donate.

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