Tag: our research
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How a psychological therapy changed my life
The Brain Tumour Charity are excited to announce that we will be funding a study exploring whether a psychological therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can be adapted to help treat young brain tumour survivors.
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Patients struggling to access cannabis-based medicine via prescription, report finds
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
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Predicting the risk of meningioma recurrence
Our funded research has created a tool to help clinicians predict meningioma recurrence
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Announcing our research partnership investment with CRUK
Scottish scientist set to receive over £6 million from Cancer Research UK and The Brain Tumour Charity to find new ways to treat glioblastoma, one of the hardest types of cancer to treat.
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Announcing our new £3.7m global research investment
Thanks to the support of our community, we’re pledging more than £3.7m to UK and international teams working towards our twin goals: doubling brain tumour survival and halving the harm caused by the disease
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Using artificial intelligence to assess the treatment response of brain tumours
A research team from Germany has used artificial intelligence to improve the assessment of treatment response in brain tumours
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Announcing our new pioneering grants
As part of our commitment to increasing survival and halving the harm of brain tumours, we have committed over £1 million to transformative research
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Announcing our award of £3.8 million for five global research initiatives
Thanks to your continued support and fundraising, we’re delighted to announce that we’ve been able to award over £3.8 million to five new exciting research initiatives across the globe
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Recent developments of our Leeds-based research into brain tumour treatment
Dr Thomas Ward, part of the Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology research team, is funded by various cancer charities including The Brain Tumour Charity.
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A research round-up from Dr Paul Brennan at the University of Edinburgh
Dr Paul Brennan, from the University of Edinburgh, shares a round-up of his research with us.
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We are proud to announce the formation of our Scientific Advisory Boards
In order to ensure that we fund only the highest quality research, we have formed two Scientific Advisory Boards (SABs) which are made up of internationally renowned scientific and medical experts that work in different areas of cancer research and social science.
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Research initiatives totalling £4.3m announced today by The Brain Tumour Charity
Today we’re proud to announce a package of research initiatives totalling £4.3m.
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Professor Richard Gilbertson is our new Chair of the Grant Review and Monitoring committee
“My own research lab studies the origins of cancer, particularly childhood brain tumours, and is seeking to develop completely new treatments of these devastating tumours.”
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Deadline closes for our latest research funding calls
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.