Will you go the distance to help find a cure?
A brand-new challenge, 200k in May Your Way, has been launched to help raise awareness and fund the fight against brain tumours. Participants are invited to walk, jog, run, cycle, swim or do a...
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Jess’ big brain costume is London Marathon ready
A London recruitment director is preparing to run a marathon dressed as a giant brain, inspired by his mum who has brain cancer. Jess Walklin and his partner Jessica Lowe, from Islington, will be...
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Fundraising is icing on the cake for Mary’s milestone birthday
A woman has marked a milestone birthday by raising hundreds of pounds to help find a cure for brain tumours, inspired by the son she lost to the devastating disease. When Mary Ball from Plymouth...
View ArticleNew partnership to improve access to brain tumour clinical trials
A new collaboration announced today will help provide brain tumour patients and physicians with accurate information about clinical trials in a bid to improve patient access. There are more than 80,000...
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Scotland’s first Hat Walk to help find a cure
Two Scottish award-winning milliners are holding Scotland’s first ever Hat Walk to raise money to help find a cure for brain tumours. Leanne Cairns (above left), from Leanne Cairns Millinery in...
View ArticleRaising awareness of health inequalities on World Health Day
On World Health Day (7th April), we are raising awareness of the health inequalities faced by brain tumour patients. Established by the World Health Organization, the theme of this year’s World Health...
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Sarah’s weight loss journey to skydive in mum’s memory
A woman who felt compelled to lose weight so she can take part in a charity skydive in memory of her brain cancer mum has almost reached her goal. Sarah Turner, 35, from Walsall, has shed more than...
View ArticleNominations open for Young Investigator Award
The British Neuro-Oncology Society (BNOS) is inviting nominations for the 2024 Young Investigator Award. Co-sponsored by Brain Tumour Research, the award recognises a young researcher who has made an...
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We are thinking about all who knew and loved Aaron
Today, 9th April, marks the first anniversary of the passing of Aaron Wharton. Aaron was just four when he was first diagnosed with a grade 3 anaplastic ependymoma in April 2020. He underwent four...
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Teenager lost to deadly brain tumour remembered
During Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month we’re thinking particularly about the 260 families every year who learn that a loved one aged between 13 and 24 has been diagnosed with a brain...
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Our biggest Brain Tumour Awareness Month ever
It’s fair to say that Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2024 was another level in raising awareness of brain tumours and the vital funds needed to help find a cure. You, our wonderful community, came out in...
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Welcoming a new Member Charity to our family
NF2 BioSolutions UK and Europe is a patient-led charity focusing on raising awareness and increasing connections, hope and support for NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2) patients and their families. Its...
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Good luck to our Manchester Marathon runners!
A London-based scientist and a dancer from Kent are among several Brain Tumour Research supporters who will be taking on the mighty Manchester Marathon this Sunday (14th April) to raise money in the...
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Abbie’s month-long challenge in memory of brain cancer mum
A Kent council worker, who lost her mum to brain cancer, is taking on a fitness challenge to help raise vital funds for research into the disease. Abbie Shufflebotham, from Folkestone, will be taking...
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Teenagers and young adults deserve better
During Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, we are highlighting the devastating statistics surrounding brain tumours and the desperate need for more effective treatments to give hope to...
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Daughter “making waves” towards finding brain cancer cure
A daughter who was left devastated by brain cancer is taking on a five-day canoe to help find a cure for the disease. Heidi Clevett, 34, from Hampshire, is canoeing 100km (62 miles) of The Great Glen...
View ArticleA star-studded line-up for Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2024
Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2024 shone bigger and brighter thanks to all of you who took part alongside a legion of celebrity supporters to help us reach more people and raise greater awareness than...
View ArticleAuthor Sophie Kinsella reveals brain tumour diagnosis
Author Sophie Kinsella has announced that she has been diagnosed with a glioblastoma (GBM). Best known for writing the Shopaholic book series, Kinsella shared the news on social media, writing: “At the...
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Racing to find a cure
A man whose brain cancer symptoms went undiagnosed for years and a mum who lost her husband just 53 days after diagnosis are among the many supporters who are running the TCS London Marathon for Brain...
View ArticleCancer52 launches manifesto for rare and less common cancers
Brain Tumour Research this week attended Cancer52’s manifesto launch at Westminster. The manifesto, titled The Other Half: A manifesto to transform outcomes for people with rare and less common...
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Woman’s tinnitus turned out to be a brain tumour
A woman who lived for months hearing a whirring sound in her ear was later diagnosed with a brain tumour. Denise Wingfield, from Bristol, will be taking part in 200k in May Your Way because she was...
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Good luck to all our 2024 TCS London Marathon runners!
An army of Brain Tumour Research supporters will hit the streets of London today to help fund the fight to find a cure. Running 26.2 miles past historic landmarks along the route of the 2024 TCS London...
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Andy’s challenge is completed by family and friends
A brain cancer patient who died part-way through an ambitious cycling challenge “would be so proud” of his friends and family for completing it on his behalf. Andy Jones, a fitness instructor and...
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Tom’s desert dash to help find a cure
A brain tumour patient is marking five years since his surgery by tackling a half marathon challenge in the blistering desert heat. Tom Parker, from Ledbury, Herefordshire, was 27 when he was diagnosed...
View ArticleBrain Tumour Research supports Safe Sick Pay campaign
Brain Tumour Research is backing a new campaign calling for a rise in Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). The Safe Sick Pay campaign has revealed that around a quarter of a million UK workers living with cancer...
View ArticleNew treatment for children with brain cancer
A new targeted treatment which could transform the lives of children diagnosed with glioma has been approved for use on the NHS. The combination of dabrafenib and trametinib can now be used for...
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Catherine’s marathon effort in teenage daughter’s memory
A grieving Kent mum whose teenage daughter died six months ago is taking on the Norfolk Marathon this Sunday (28th April) to raise money in her memory. Catherine O’Connor’s “special” daughter, Ellie...
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Guest blog: “I’m 24 and living with brain cancer”
For Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, Tianna Davies shares what it’s like to be one of the 260 young people, aged 13 to 24, in the UK each year to receive a brain tumour diagnosis…...
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Six NHS paediatric neuro-oncology centres designated as Tessa Jowell Centres...
After a detailed review process across the UK, the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM) has announced a new network of 15 brain tumour centres for children, of which six have been designated as...
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Hannah’s half marathon challenge to help find a cure
A woman living with an aggressive brain tumour has completed an impressive half marathon challenge to help find a cure for the disease. Glioblastoma (GBM) patient Hannah King-Page (pictured top with...
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