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150 Days – Olly Emanuel’s last radio drama
A tribute to playwright Oliver Emanuel and a chance to listen to his last audio play.
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Exploring the role of the blood-brain barrier in advancing brain tumour treatments
The blood-brain barrier poses challenges for treating brain tumours. We hope that by funding pioneering research we can help improve brain tumour treatment.
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Scientific conferences, why do we go?
As a charity, we’ve been to lots of scientific conferences this year, with one more to come this year. We attend these conferences to ensure that we are at the forefront of important research topics in the brain tumour field.
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Researcher inspires charity partner to donate £30,000 in memory of their son
We’re delighted to announce that The Jake McCarthy Foundation has donated £30,000 towards Dr Tyler Miller’s research into combating gliomas with immunotherapy
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Supporting Davina McCall’s diagnosis
The Brain Tumour Charity is supporting Davina McCall MBE as she announces the news about her neurosurgery on a colloid cyst.
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Expanding Theories: Meet our latest awardees
We are pleased to announce the two researchers who have been awarded our latest Expanding Theories grant!
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Brain tumours and employment rights
How Grace won her case for disability discrimination and unfair dismissal.
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The Cancer Research UK Brain Tumour Conference 2024
The biennial CRUK Brain Tumour Conference returned to London for 2024.
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“We are failing people with brain tumours!”
Torrin Wilkins – Director and Founder of Centre Think Tank – has written about how the brain tumour community is being let down and how we can improve outcomes for them.
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Our work with Seth Smile in Uganda
This International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, we’re highlighting a brain tumour charity in Uganda that we’re supporting.
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The Brain Tumour Charity Christmas Cards 2024
Take a look at The Brain Tumour Charity Christmas cards available this year. Not only is there a great selection, but each card helps us fund the work we do!
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Taking on the World’s Toughest Mudder!
Paul Wood, from Shoreham-by-Sea, will line up for the extreme challenge event, in Florida, in memory of his brother Graham.
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Matthew’s Story
Nearly a year since his astrocytoma diagnosis, Matthew is sharing his story on Channel 4’s Stand up to Cancer.
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“We need to keep talking about glioblastomas.” Georgie’s story
Georgie Maynard, who was diagnosed with a GBM last year, has since raised more than £25,000 for research into high grade brain tumours.
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The Brain Tumour Charity’s founder Neil Dickson retires
Staff and guests marked trustee Neil Dickson’s retirement last week – 27 years after he and his wife Angela founded The Brain Tumour Charity
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“We promised Jessica she would never be forgotten.”
After Jess died in 2021, her family set up the charity Jessica’s Promise to support other children in sport. In this post, her mother Sarah explains how she keeps her daughter’s name alive.
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Finding kinder and more targeted ways to treat medulloblastoma
Researchers in Newcastle have found a key genetic variation in medulloblastomas that may pave the way for more effective targeted treatments.
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Internationally bestselling author Sophie Kinsella’s live events
With a book launch on the 10 Oct, Sophie will also be appearing at a free, live event on the evening of the 9 Oct.
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Cabinet Secretary for Health in Scotland meets to discuss achieving faster brain tumour diagnosis
We met with Neil Gray – the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in Scotland – to discuss strategies for speeding up brain tumour diagnosis in Scotland.
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“Research into other ways of treating meningiomas could make a massive difference to people like me.”
Mum of three Emma, 41, from Lowestoft, made several medical appointments before she was diagnosed with multiple meningiomas in 2022.
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Future Leaders funding announcement
We’re proud to announce the latest recipients of our Future Leaders grants that’ve been awarded for their innovative new research projects.
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Spotlight on new Supporter Group, The Angus James Gibson Trust
Angus died of a brain tumour in 1998, aged just five. Now his family have set up The Angus James Gibson Trust to fundraise for research into paediatric brain tumours.
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Key takeaways from the Labour Party Conference 2024
We explore how the key talking points from the Labour Party Annual Conference 2024 could impact the brain tumour community.
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Uncovering ways that glioblastomas resist treatment
Our Junior Fellow Dr Spencer Watson and his team at The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland are researching new ways to treat glioblastoma.