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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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Supporting your loved one
Top Tips on supporting someone diagnosed with a brain tumour, as recommended by our Community.
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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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Finding the right words
Knowing what to say when your loved one has been diagnosed with a brain tumour can feel incredibly worrying. We’ve created a helpful Do’s and Don’ts list, to guide you when you’re stuck for words.
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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
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Brain cancer drug, PAC-1 is approved for Phase 1(b) Clinical Trials
PAC-1, an anti-cancer drug is approved for phase 1(b) clinical trials in humans by the US Food and Drug Administration
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MSPs call for action in debate on brain tumours
On Thursday Alexander Stewart MSP led a debate in the Scottish Parliament on Brain Tumour Awareness in Scotland, as several MSPs expressed their support for action to raise greater awareness of the disease
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The implications of the Scottish Parliament brain tumour debate
Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller, outlines tomorrow’s MSP debate in the Scottish Parliament
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Launching our 2017 Christmas Appeal
In the UK, 11,000 people are diagnosed with a brain tumour every year. This figure simply has to change
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The Big Meet – Just do it!
I’d been to a family fun day but I didn’t meet many people my own age, so I was looking forward to talking to other teenagers who’d had similar experiences.
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HeadSmart “a model” for awareness campaigns in low-survival cancers
The multi-award winning HeadSmart campaign has gained international recognition after being recommended to the Australian Government as a “model to inform the public about low survival rate cancers and their symptoms”
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Top tips for tackling isolation
Many people tell us that living with a brain tumour diagnosis can cause feelings of loneliness and isolation so we’ve pulled together some top tips to help you tackle it
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Post APPG Brexit
This week our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr David Jenkinson, is speaking at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on brain tumours about what risks Brexit poses
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New gene therapy could have potential to treat recurrent glioblastomas
Researchers in collaboration with ZIOPHARM Oncology, a biopharmaceutical company announce positive updates on a Phase 1 clinical trials testing a new therapy
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MSPs to debate need for greater awareness of brain tumours in Scottish Parliament
Inspired by our Community Fundraiser Shona Richardson’s personal story, Alexander Stewart MSP has tabled a debate in the Scottish Parliament on 7 December
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Launching our Employment Resources for patients
The resources have been developed in response to a nationwide gap in information. They will improve the quality of life for those affected
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Brain tumours: The hot soap storyline
Are they good for raising awareness or should the bubble burst? Our senior media & PR Officer Carol Dyce examines