Author: Piers Townley

Kelly Dawson’s appointment at Nottingham University Hospitals is part of our landmark strategy of improving the quality for all those diagnosed

Yesterday, we attended the Britain Against Cancer conference which celebrated 20 years of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC). Our Policy and Public Affairs Officer Helena Brown, reports.

SNO is an annual conference where those at the forefront of research to defeat brain tumours come together to share their work, discuss the progress that has been made and consider strategies for future development

We recently represented the charity at an international scientific conference called SNO in New Orleans

Hundreds more brain tumour patients are set to be offered access to experimental treatments over the next five years thanks to the Tessa Jowell BRAIN-MATRIX

Researchers have discovered a new drug could potentially halt the spread of glioblastoma cells

This month The Charity convened a series of meetings with a number of Assembly Members in Wales, lobbying them on some of the most important issues affecting brain tumour patients in Wales

Phil will join Rob Ritchie, whose ten year old son Toby, has a low grade brain tumour and others to scale the height of Everest on skis in just four days from 5 March 2019

Researchers have found a way to monitor diffuse midline gliomas (formerly known as DIPG) by measuring tumour biomarkers through a blood test

Today she told brain tumour experts and government ministers why she is determined to make the best cancer care accessible to millions, ‘not just to millionaires’, in honour of her mother’s legacy

Tyler praised for turning his challenges into a ‘force of good’

Scientists identify a subgroup of children diagnosed with medulloblastoma that could be given less aggressive treatments

Yesterday, new guidance has been provided to clinicians by NHS England for the prescription of medicinal cannabis but access to the drug remains highly restricted

The petition called for NHS England to commit to doubling survival rates for the less survivable cancers in the long term plan, due to be published next month

Today we will deliver this petition to Government to demonstrate the weight of support behind it

Recent research has found that a single signalling pathway regulates the growth and spread of Group 3 medulloblastomas

Yesterday the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP, announced cannabis-based medicinal products will be available through special prescription by 1 November to patients in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Today sees the launch of the taskforce’s petition to commit NHS England to accept its five-year survival target

The information we provide to help schools understand the needs of pupils diagnosed with a brain tumour has been praised by the British Medical Association

Cameron Miller, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, reports from the 2018 Conservative Party annual conference

Taz Cheema, our Business Analyst discusses how the patient community have led the development of our data-sharing initiative, BRIAN

Cameron Miller, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, reports from the first day of the 2018 Conservative Party annual conference

Yesterday NHS England began the roll-out of the new NHS App across six regions in England

Cameron Miller, our Head of Policy & Public Affairs, reports from day three at the 2018 Labour Party annual conference