Editing Diana, Princess of Wales (section)

===Cancer===
For her first solo official trip, Diana visited [[The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust]], a cancer treatment hospital in London.<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> She later chose this charity to be among the organisations that benefited from the auction of her clothes in New York.<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> The trust's communications manager said she did "much to remove the stigma and taboo associated with diseases such as cancer, AIDS, HIV and leprosy".<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> Diana became president of the hospital on 27 June 1989.<ref name="Marsden-patron">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmarsden.org/prince-william |title=President of The Royal Marsden |work=The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112070633/http://www.royalmarsden.org/prince-william |archive-date=12 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/about-royal-marsden/how-we-run-ourselves/our-president |title=Our President |work=The Royal Marsden |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062810/https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/about-royal-marsden/how-we-run-ourselves/our-president |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/press-releases/prince-william-becomes-president-of-the-royal-marsden-hospital |title=Prince William becomes President of the Royal Marsden Hospital |work=Official website of the Prince of Wales |date=4 May 2007 |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216015046/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/press-releases/prince-william-becomes-president-of-the-royal-marsden-hospital |archive-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Wolfson Children's Cancer Unit was opened by Diana on 25 February 1993.<ref name="Marsden-patron"/> In February 1996, Diana, who had been informed about a [[Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre|newly opened cancer hospital]] built by Imran Khan, travelled to Pakistan to visit its children's cancer wards and attend a fundraising dinner in aid of the charity in [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/diana-flies-in-to-battle-royal-in-pakistan-1320299.html|title=Diana flies in to battle royal in Pakistan|newspaper=The Independent|first=Tim|last=McGirk|date=22 February 1996|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304114759/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/diana-flies-in-to-battle-royal-in-pakistan-1320299.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She later visited the hospital again in May 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/princess-diana-a-photo-album/40/|title=Princess Diana: A photo album (slide 40)|work=CBS News|date=15 March 2015 |access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708051351/http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/princess-diana-a-photo-album/37/|archive-date=8 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 1996, she travelled to Chicago in her capacity as president of the Royal Marsden Hospital in order to attend a fundraising event at the [[Field Museum of Natural History]] and raised more than £1&nbsp;million for cancer research.<ref name="Tel-army"/> She additionally visited patients at the [[Cook County Hospital]] and delivered remarks at a conference on breast cancer at the [[Northwestern University]] Chicago campus after meeting a group of breast cancer researchers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/may/princess-dianas-visit-to-northwestern-remembered-on-eve-of-royal-wedding|title=Princess Diana's visit to Northwestern remembered on eve of royal wedding|work=Northwestern Now|first=Storer|last=Rowley|date=17 May 2018|accessdate=4 March 2021|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310234757/https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/may/princess-dianas-visit-to-northwestern-remembered-on-eve-of-royal-wedding|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 1996, after being asked by [[Katharine Graham]], Diana went to Washington and appeared at a White House breakfast in respect of the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo13.htm|title=Diana Photo Gallery (13)|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063206/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo13.htm|archive-date=18 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She also attended an annual fund-raiser for breast cancer research organised by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' at the same centre.<ref name="robinson"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo15.htm|title=Diana Photo Gallery (15)|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327060826/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo15.htm|archive-date=27 March 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1988, Diana opened Children with Leukaemia (later renamed Children with Cancer UK) in memory of two young cancer victims.<ref name="leukaemia-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/our-story |title=Our history |work=Children with Cancer UK |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000114/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/our-story |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="leukaemia-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/anniversary |title=27 years of saving young lives |work=Children with Cancer UK |date=16 November 2015 |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175530/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/anniversary |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="leukaemia-3">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/diana-princess-of-wales |title=Diana, Princess of Wales |work=Children with Cancer UK |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135335/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/diana-princess-of-wales |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 1987, a few days after the death of Jean O'Gorman from cancer, Diana met her family.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-2"/> The deaths of Jean and her brother affected her and she assisted their family to establish the charity.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-2"/><ref name="leukaemia-3"/> It was opened by her on 12 January 1988 at Mill Hill Secondary School, and she supported it until her death in 1997.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-3"/>