IF ONLY… brain tumour research could be funded in the same way as
leukaemia and other cancers

March 2010 is Brain Tumour Awareness month.  Did you know that brain tumours kill more children and people under 40 years of age than leukaemia or any other cancer?

Brain Tumour Research is encouraging organisations, schools, colleges, even local churches and pubs to pick a date during March and hold a Wear a Hat day for brain tumours.  Perhaps someone could pass a hat round so that everyone could donate a pound or two to Brain Tumour Research and help bring hope, rather than despair, to the thousands of people who are diagnosed with a brain tumour each year.

Heroes wanted to be in at the beginning of this initial initiative and make a life-changing difference.
In the UK more children and people under the age of 40 die of a brain tumour than any other cancer – yet brain tumour research is woefully under-funded!

We aim to change that and bring better hope and care to thousands of brain tumour patients and their families.  We hope that visitors to this site will champion our cause and help us raise at least £7million per year to fund world class brain tumour research programmes and projects at UK universities where brain tumour research has already been established.

When Gary Lineker got behind leukaemia research in the late 80’s it changed the course of that charity and the funds that went into specific research.  The charity Leukaemia Research now raises £23m per year and supports doctors and scientists in hospitals and academic institutions throughout the UK working on a wide range of projects from basic laboratory research through to clinical trials in patients.  Thanks to the fundraising efforts of Leukaemia Research and other charities, five year survival for leukaemia is now 80% compared to 20% thirty years ago.

For brain cancer patients, five year survival is just 14%.  Please help us change this shocking statistic.

Brain tumours are indiscriminate in the people they affect:  young or old, male or female, with no regard to race.  The prognosis is dependent on the type of tumour and its location in the brain; even a benign brain tumour can be life threatening.  What’s more a benign tumour may become cancerous over time.  Advances in surgery can delay the inevitable, but can leave debilitating side effects.  Radiation therapy and some drugs can prolong life, but as yet there is no cure.  To date, we don’t fully understand the behaviour let alone the cause.

A significant investment into basic laboratory research could start to change this.







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