26 May 2017
The University of Cambridge is to begins trials using the Zika virus on glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain tumour. Glioblastomas affect 2,200 people in the UK ...
23 May 2017
The most common type of malignant childhood brain cancer has been identified as seven separate conditions each needing a different treatment, new research has revealed.
19 May 2017
We are launching a global, patient-led data bank, which will allow patients to unite in sharing their data, helping them to make better informed decisions about their own treatment plans, ...
16 May 2017
The terminal illness charity is looking for applications that address its key research priorities identified by carers, health and social care professionals and people with terminal illness, and particularly, those ...
10 May 2017
St Andrew’s Fashion Show (FS) has raised over £28,000 for The Brain Tumour Charity in a bid to fund research in to vital treatments to tackle the disease.
08 May 2017
Why a decision to cut benefits paid to bereaved parents is not in the interests of affected families.
03 May 2017
Researchers from the Nottingham University’s children’s brain tumour centre are now looking into the effects of cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychoactive ingredient in marijuana
28 April 2017
The Brain Tumour Charity CEO, Sarah Lindsell, has co-signed a letter to NHS organisations urging them to meet their one-year survival targets for the early diagnosis of brain tumours.
18 April 2017
While Theresa May admits division in Westminster, our Chief Executive Sarah Lindsell says we must stand together stronger than ever to defeat brain tumours.
13 April 2017
Trainee neurosurgeon at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Yasir Chowdhury, shines a light on day-to-day life in one of the most complex and dangerous areas of surgery and shares his ...
12 April 2017
From establishing a new cancer taskforce to ensuring benefits reviews take brain tumour patients into account, read our roundup of key activities from the past few weeks.
10 April 2017
Last week Bristol-Myers Squibb announced the initial results from their Phase 3 clinical trial that was assessing the effectiveness and safety of the immunotherapy drug Nivolumab in patients with recurrent ...
07 April 2017
BrainPath is a surgical technique that uses the brain’s own tissue folds to tract a path to the tumour site. It is designed to be minimally invasive.
07 April 2017
Ally Rooney is an academic psychiatrist with an interest in the psychiatric consequences of having a brain tumour. In May he will be speaking at the Nurse and AHP Study ...
07 April 2017
Last year, Greater Manchester became the first English region to gain control of health spending. Read our view on the impact this has had on charities.
05 April 2017
Researchers at McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal have developed a new clinical approach to enhance the efficiency of treatment for glioblastomas, which increased the average survival time to 22 ...
05 April 2017
The Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE), was opened last Wednesday at the University of Glasgow, with the aim to be a global hub for precision medicine.
30 March 2017
Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA have revealed how a key protein involved in driving the growth of the most aggressive form of medulloblastoma also plays a role ...
