BBC – Brain tumours ‘forgotten cancer’

The BBC have just published an article covering many of the points we’ve been trying to raise awareness about as a charity. You can read the full article here.Here are some excerpts:”More funding needs to be ploughed into research into the “forgotten cancer” of brain tumours”"Brain Tumour Research called for action after publishing figures showing they were now the leading cause of cancer deaths among younger age groups.”"Only £3m a year – 1% of cancer research spending – goes on brain tumours, meaning survival rates are low”"more men under the age of 45 were dying from brain tumours than any other cancer”"For women, tumours were the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the under 35s”"And in children, brain tumours have overtaken leukaemia as the leading cause of death”


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