Author: The Brain Tumour Charity

People affected by a brain tumour continue to report a poorer experience of diagnosis, treatment and care when compared across all cancers according to the largest survey of cancer patients in England.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have today released a new Quality Standard (QS) for referral when Cancer is suspected.

Scientists, led by Dr Elizabeth Stoll, from Newcastle University’s Institute of Neuroscience, have discovered that gliomas rely on fatty acids to promote their growth.

Vice President Biden is chairing a cancer summit in Washington today designed to garner further support for the Obama administration’s year-long ‘Cancer Moonshot’ initiative to advance cancer research.

Published today in the journal eLife, the research targeted the ephrin-B2 protein and results demonstrate it halts the division of cancer cells and then stops them spreading.

The profound side effects of brain tumour surgery still disrupt and dominate life for Josh, his parents and his three siblings.

On the 23rd June 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). We do not yet know how this will affect the brain tumour community.

Findings from a new report which was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, suggests that gliomas are more common among people who are university-educated.

The targeted radiotherapy treatment will be offered to more than 6,200 patients a year by 2018/19 as part of NHS England’s Cancer Strategy.

The report follows a debate about funding for brain tumour research in the House of Commons on April 18.

The stark impact of a childhood brain tumour diagnosis has been captured by a mother who photographed her young son every month as he was treated for the disease.

‘Losing My Place: The Reality of Childhood with a Brain Tumour’, the third report from our Life with a Brain Tumour project – the most comprehensive study of its kind, is published today.

Dr David Michod will be inviting three young people to work alongside him and his research team in his laboratory at the University College London Institute of Child Health, London.

We are working with Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and other cancer charities to make recommendations to Government on the subject of cancer registry data.

The Twilight Walk returns with three favourite locations for 2016; Warwick, Chester and Windsor.

Today we’re proud to announce a package of research initiatives totalling £4.3m.

A team from Duke’s University, North Carolina, have pioneered using a genetically-engineered polio virus as a method for tackling brain tumours.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released an updated edition of the 2007 Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System.

Having lost her Mum to a brain tumour in 2007, Sarah Lambkin embarked on an extreme challenge to raise funds towards finding a cure.

Late diagnosis is common for people diagnosed with a brain tumour. 53% of high grade brain tumours were diagnosed as an emergency in 2013 – more than any other cancer.

Tasha Floyd, one of our first Young Ambassadors, who died at the end of 2015 at the age of 24, donated her brain to medical research. Early in 2015, she took a lead role in launching our five-year strategy, Defeating Brain Tumours.

We are delighted to announce that the way we work has been rated exceptionally highly by McKinsey, one of the world’s leading advisers on organisational effectiveness.

Sean Parker, the billionaire co-founder of Napster, is donating $250 million to create The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, with the ambitious goal of making the disease curable.

Yesterday saw the Petitions Committee report on research funding into brain tumours debated by MP’s in Westminster Hall. Over 40 MPs spoke at the debate, with only standing room left as proceedings began.