The interim report of the Accelerated Access Review, a UK Government review looking at ways to speed up patient access to new drugs, was published on the 27th October.

Cancer Research UK have released some figures that demonstrate how getting a cancer diagnosis in a timely manner varies across the UK.

An American not-for-profit organisation is recruiting students to join their cancer support fellowship TaketheFight

Physicists from the University of Sydney are using synthetic nano-diamonds (molecular levels of size) to identify cancer cells during non-invasive MRI scans.

Chris White, MP for Warwick and Leamington, joined hundreds of supporters for our Warwick Twilight Walk last Sunday, writing about it on his website.

New imaging technology may allow neurosurgeons to distinguish between tumour tissue and normal brain tissue in real time

The Northern Ireland Cancer Patient Experience Survey contains data on the experience of 3,200 cancer patients between 2014 and 2015, including 28 patients with high-grade brain tumours.

Developing a new drug is hugely expensive. The whole process – from initial laboratory tests through clinical trials to licensing for use in humans (if it gets that far) – is time-consuming and often frustrating.

An enhanced Australian rabbit virus may pave the way for future drug-virus treatments of GBM.

The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved Optune for the treatment of gioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients.

Our ten year old supporter Amelia Gebruers won a Pride of Britain award for her fundraising achievements.

A pioneering development in Gamma Knife radiosurgery treatment of brain tumours is undergoing trials at Bristol Royal Infirmary.

We are delighted to announce an overwhelmingly positive response to our latest appeal for research ideas, with a host of teams bidding to drive forward progress towards defeating brain tumours.

People with a brain tumour could be prevented from accessing low cost and readily available drugs that have been proven to treat their tumour because the drugs are no longer covered by a manufacturer’s patent. Ask your local MP to vote in favour of the Off-Patent Drugs Bill on 6th November to ensure we change this.

Last week, many people were talking about remembering charities in Wills. We invited Tim Clarke, who has lived with a brain tumour for five years, to share his thoughts.

Earlier this summer year twelve students Amie, Aaron and Jemima spent some time learning about brain tumour research with Dr David Michod. Amie wrote about her experience:

Sue Perkins, presenter of the Great British Bake Off, has revealed today that she has lived with a brain tumour for the past eight years.

When my mother Janet was diagnosed with the brain tumour that eventually took her life, I was terrified. Like the rest of my family, I had experienced nothing like it.

Having left New York on 3 May 2015, Tom and Lawrence arrived in Salcombe Harbour at 16:53 today, becoming the youngest duo to row the Atlantic unaided.

Last Friday Cancer Research highlighted statistics which reiterate the importance of a fast and simple diagnosis for people with cancer.

On 3 May 2015 Lawrence Walters and Tom Rainey started an extraordinary challenge. For the best part of three months since then, they have been rowing from New York to Salcombe in Devon across the treacherous North Atlantic Ocean.

Research published online today in the scientific journal Neuro-oncology has shown that some of the questionnaires completed by patients, parents and teachers relating to the behaviour, emotional wellbeing and quality of life of children affected by a brain tumour can flag reductions in IQ.

On Sunday, an Independent Cancer Taskforce published its report, Achieving world class cancer outcomes: a strategy for England. This sets out 95 recommendations for the delivery of services for cancer by the NHS in England for the next five years. (Tuesday July 21).

Thousands of brain tumour patients in the UK are struggling to cope financially and emotionally in the face of ignorance about the disease, says a report out today (Monday July 20).