Tag: meningioma
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“I knew I had to go to A&E. One of the first thoughts I had was: I’ve got a brain tumour.”
Annabelle Holloway is a semi-retired GP from North Devon. But after a seizure, which arrived out of the blue on July 8th last year, she unexpectedly became the patient.
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“Learning piano helped my recovery.”
Meet Mayuko, who challenged herself to learn the new skill after her diagnosis, and now plans to use it to fundraise for us.
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Emmerdale’s Moira reveals brain tumour diagnosis
How we worked with ITV soap Emmerdale on its brain tumour storyline.
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Paying it forward
How Pearl and Dean is helping to raise awareness of brain tumour symptoms this summer.
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Landmark study transforms our understanding of meningiomas
Research funded by The Brain Tumour Charity has revealed a new way of classifying meningiomas that can more accurately predict how a tumour will behave and help clinicians identify patients who may benefit from more aggressive treatment earlier. Crucially, researchers have also potentially identified the first-ever drug treatment for most-aggressive forms of meningioma.
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“I was training to be a nurse so I knew exactly how important it was to listen to the patient. But I felt that no one was listening to me!”
A nurse who almost lost the vision in her right eye due to an undiagnosed brain tumour and had her symptoms blamed on peri menopause has been putting her best foot forward to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity.
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Picking up the pace of meningioma research
Dr Gelareh Zadeh is leading research in Canada which will help predict the risk of meningioma regrowth.
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The Brain Tumour Charity and Meningioma UK are to merge
Accelerated by the impact of COVID-19 which has seen demand for support services soar, the merger is the latest move towards consolidation in a sector historically populated with small charities, many of them founder-led.
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Broadcaster and presenter Nicki Chapman becomes one of our High Profile Supporters
The much-loved presenter, diagnosed in May this year, backs our awareness and campaigning work
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Predicting the risk of meningioma recurrence
Our funded research has created a tool to help clinicians predict meningioma recurrence