Letter: Briefly

THE appeals I have received since I had a mastectomy have served as a reminder that I have a life-threatening disease, and that I am a suitable object for charity, ("Charities target the rich", 11 January). As someone who "has experience of cancer", I do not want to be seen as an "excellent prospect" by charities. Cancer patients do not have excellent prospects.

Mrs A F Upton,

Shropshire