Author: Piers Townley
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Phil Spencer takes on the second Everest in the Alps challenge
Channel 4 presenter of Location, Location, Location and Love it or List It to join charity’s epic ski tour challenge in Verbier, Switzerland
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Elena Hardy, a ballet dancer and mum of two, warns of the risks of ignoring brain tumour symptoms
Elena had been suffering excruciating headaches for over a year but it was one Tuesday morning in May 2015 that she took action
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Simon Kindleysides, a paralysed dad of three, to take on the London Marathon in an exo-suit
Already an accomplished singer and guest judge on the new Saturday BBC1 show, All Together Now, Simon, has now set his eyes on one of his biggest challenges yet; to take on the London Marathon wearing the revolutionary ReWalk exo-suit
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Combination therapy could significantly improve glioblastoma survival rates
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital prepare to launch a phase 1 clinical trial to test the combination therapy of hydroxyurea and temozolomide (TMZ)
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Our research update into glioblastoma, adaptive trials, and the ‘pink drink’
Our Research Engagement Manager Becky Birch, outlines developments highlighted by Tessa Jowell’s debate
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Baroness Jowell calls for better cancer treatment in House of Lords debate
Former Cabinet minister Tessa Jowell led a debate in the House of Lords yesterday where she asked the Government to support her call for an acceleration of new cancer treatments and improvements in patient care
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Tessa Jowell’s House of Lords Debate
Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller, reflects of Tessa Jowell’s moving House of Lords debate today
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What is an adaptive clinical trial?
In her interview on the Today programme, Tessa Jowell talked about adaptive clinical trials. Find out more
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Tessa Jowell highlights the devastating effect of her brain tumour diagnosis
Former cabinet Minister Tessa Jowell appeared on the Today programme this morning talking about her brain tumour diagnosis and need for more research into the disease
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Tessa Jowell to lead high-profile cancer debate
Former cabinet Minister Tessa Jowell will speak out for the first time later this week about her brain tumour diagnosis as she spearheads a public debate about cancer treatments and life expectancy
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Study reveals cancer therapy can also drive tumour regrowth
A study involving multiple institutions in the United States reported that conventional cancer therapy initiates a series of events that encourage living cancer cells to grow and develop new tumours
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Charity ambassador living with a brain tumour to take on the London marathon
Our Young Ambassador Chandos Green is set to take on the challenge of his life
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Launching our Big Bandana Bake
This March, we are aiming to raise £150,000 to fund a life-saving research project for over two years
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Targeting the body’s internal clock to treat glioblastoma
Researchers have discovered that the circadian rhythm, also known as a person’s ‘internal clock’, could hold the answers to develop new therapies for glioblastoma
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Launching our data-sharing project in quest for brain tumour cure
Pioneering web-app will help patients and researchers
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Announcing our co-funding grants with Worldwide Cancer Research
Scotland-based charity, Worldwide Cancer Research, has formed a unique partnership with us to fund two outstanding scientists’ work on brain cancer
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Our funded research shows blood-brain barrier success
Research funded by The Brain Tumour Charity has proved for the first time that a naturally-occurring virus can cross the blood-brain barrier in humans and attack tumour cells in the brain
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Our Policy teams New Year’s resolutions
Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller outlines why 2017 was a fantastic year for the Policy Team at The Brain Tumour Charity
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Wearing an electronic cap to improve glioblastoma survival
Patients with glioblastoma are wearing a cap that delivers electronic fields to treat their brain tumours
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Society for Neuro-Oncology annual meeting (part two)
Our Head of Research, Phil Hexley, outlines what happened at SNO: the 22nd Annual Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology
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Developing a Vaccine to Treat Diffuse Midline Glioma
Researchers at UC San Francisco develop a vaccine to treat diffuse midline glioma by using the patient’s immune system to attack the tumour cells
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Society for Neuro-Oncology annual meeting (part one)
Our Head of Research, Phil Hexley, outlines what happened at SNO: the 22nd Annual Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology
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Our meeting with the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce
Yesterday, along with partners of the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce, we met with Government Minister Steve Brine, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)
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Kings College Hospital appoints our first Clinical Nurse Specialist
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