A cancer charity event has raised more than £44,000.

PLANETS Cancer Charity's Moulin Rouge-themed ball took place last Saturday, at The Grand in Southampton.

The event, which was attended by more than 180 people, featured comedy, music, food, magic, and dancing, and was hosted by comedian Adger Brown.

The funds raised are to support initiatives by Hampshire-based PLANETS, which aids patients with pancreatic, liver, colorectal, abdominal (oesophageal and gastric), and neuroendocrine cancer.

The charity funds patient support groups, innovative treatments, and research.

Since its inception in 2011, PLANETS has raised more than £2 million, supporting projects like the UK's first mobile electron beam radiotherapy machine at University Hospital Southampton.

The charity aims to raise another £1.5 million in the next five years for additional patient support, pioneering treatment techniques, and research.

Jo Green, PLANETS' director of operations and marketing, said: "A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's ball on Saturday night.

"It was a spectacular event and so much effort was made by so many people - we are always so grateful for that.

"None of it would have been possible without some incredible behind-the-scenes support, so a big thanks to all of our supporters, guests, the venue, entertainment acts and, above all, our patients and clinicians, who were out in force and are the reason we do what we do."

During the event, PLANETS co-founder Dr Brian Stedman and chairman Neil Pearce highlighted the charity's achievements and future ambitions.

The charity is primarily dedicated to serving the needs of a regional population which covers four million people living across Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands and West Sussex, but is increasingly involved in national and international research and clinical innovation.

PLANETS ethos is based on supporting patients and their families by working together as a "whole team" with doctors, nurses and other medical staff using the motivation of fundraising to help patients fight cancer through the positive energy this creates.

The charity uses money raised to fund things the NHS could not otherwise afford and stimulate innovation in cancer care through research and the introduction of new treatments.