Thanks for turning the world grey
Thank you to everyone who took part in Wear Grey for a Day 2016. It was a great success. Thousands of people around the country helped turn the world grey […]
Wear Grey for a Day 2016
The world is turning grey today for people with brain tumours. Today is your chance to help improve the quality of life, and care, for people living with a brain tumour. Simply Wear Grey, […]
Are people living for longer with brain cancer? ‘Cancer Then and Now’, the New Macmillan report is out today.
Today Macmillan publishes a new report, Cancer Then and Now, highlighting the impact that improved cancer services have had on the cancer community in the last 50 years. People are living longer – […]
The NHS closes its care.data programme
It was announced yesterday that the NHS’s care.data programme has been closed as a result of Dame Fiona Caldicott’s Review. Dame Fiona is our National Data Guardian and you can read […]
Number of brain tumour patients benefiting from stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy treatment to double
The NHS has announced the award of new contracts for stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) – specialist forms of radiotherapy that can be used to treat people living with intracranial conditions, such […]
A mammoth dog walk from brain tumour support
On Sunday 3 July Rebecca Standeven will be getting a huge group of people and dogs together for a walk around Westport Lake in Stoke-on-Trent to raise money for brain tumour support. […]
National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2015: our response
Results from the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey have today been published. This survey, published annually, is designed to: Monitor national progress on cancer care Provide information that could be used to […]
Support for carers who are looking after someone with a brain tumour
Being a carer is not a job you apply for. We know. We also know that it’s also one of the hardest jobs you might have to do. And that’s […]
A mammoth challenge for brain tumour support
One of our amazing supporters Jon Richardson recently took on a HUGE challenge for brain tumour support. He endured the Isle of Wight Challenge, a 106km trek along the island’s […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) publishes the new categorisation for brain tumours
After many months of waiting, the WHO has published the new categorisation for brain tumours, which provides a more precise and accurate system of classifying brain tumours. What does this […]