Category: Treatments

Catrin George-Carey was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour in March 2022. Now back at work following successful surgery, she’s highlighting the brain tumour symptoms that she initially brushed off – so that others don’t do so!

This Black History Month we’re examining ways The Brain Tumour Charity can help work towards making participation in medical research more inclusive.

One in four people in the UK dies without the care and support they need. We need to change this, but we need your help to do it. Take our palliative care survey and your voice could have an impact.

In this guest post, Ingela Oberg, an adult neuro-oncology nurse manager at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, explains why she went into medicine and what her role entails.

We’ve collected all the answers from our recent virtual rehabilitation Q&A with expert medical professionals from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

We’ve collected all the answers from our recent virtual radiotherapy Q&A with expert medical professionals from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Around 2.4 million people in the UK are waiting for cancer screening, tests or treatment because of disruptions to the NHS, according to new analysis by Cancer Research UK.

A report published today into the use of medicinal cannabis for problems such as nausea caused by chemotherapy says patients have had their expectations raised unfairly by a change in the law last year

Mason Kettley, a 15-year-old boy, is set to become one of the first patients in the UK to receive proton beam therapy at Manchester’s Christie hospital

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

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 Neuro-Oncology team at King’s College Hospital are excited to welcome Charlotte Robinson into the first low grade glioma CNS post in the UK

We are delighted to be officially supporting Trustedoctor who have launched the world’s first virtual platform to link patients with leading brain tumour specialists around the world

Trainee neurosurgeon at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Yasir Chowdhury, shines a light on day-to-day life in one of the most complex and dangerous areas of surgery and shares his hopes for finding a cure for brain tumours

BrainPath is a surgical technique that uses the brain’s own tissue folds to tract a path to the tumour site. It is designed to be minimally invasive.

The Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE), was opened last Wednesday at the University of Glasgow, with the aim to be a global hub for precision medicine.

Researcher and clinicians at King’s College Hospital in London are trialling a Virtual Reality (VR) app to help children due to undergo an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).

The Brain Tumour Charity have collaborated with NHS England to better understand the role of Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) and Keyworkers who work with people affected by brain tumours.

Due to be operational in 2018, a new Proton Beam centre has just received planning permission this week. Building work has already begun on the University of Reading’s site for their Thames Valley Science Park.

We’d like to offer our congratulations to all at the Walton Centre in Liverpool, which has just been awarded a rare ‘outstanding’ rating by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission.

Guy’s Hospital opened a new £160 million cancer centre in London yesterday.

Cambridge University cancer doctors, all associated with Cambridge University have called for improved awareness of long term side effects of chemotherapy treatment.

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.

Construction on the building of one of the UK’s first Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) facilities is well under way at University College London Hospital.