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… could help fund research fellowships, so scientists like Dr Manuela Cerbone can focus their brain tumour work on saving young lives.
Your £15 today…
…could help fund research that aims to find new courses of drugs to avoid treatment which can cause lasting damage.
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… could help enable us to continue to invest in brain tumour research, so that more children like Eve survive.
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…could cover the cost of a month’s worth of data storage and analysis for vital projects like Precision Medicine.
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…could help fund vital research into the damage that cancer drugs can have on growing children like Eve, so safer treatments can be found.
Children with Cancer UK fund several innovative brain tumour research projects, which will directly impact on survival and quality of life for patients. We need to continue funding this critical research and future projects to accelerate improvements to treatments and improve outcomes for all types of brain tumours. A kind donation today will help us continue this work and grow brain tumour awareness.
Brain and other central nervous system tumours are by far the greatest cancer-related cause of death in children in the UK but we’re working with brilliant people every day using research to improve lives.
On average, every month over 30 children* (the size of a classroom in the UK), are diagnosed with a brain tumour which will have a life-changing impact on them and their family. Just over half of the children who do survive will have neurological disabilities for the rest of their lives because surgery and treatments, such as chemotherapy, lack specificity and therefore can destroy healthy cells leading to permanently damaging side effects.
But there is hope with your help.
This March we are recognising Brain Tumour Awareness Month, drawing attention to how this impacts children and their families but also the work we do every day to find kinder, more effective treatments.
That is why our research includes projects looking into targeted treatment options for a child’s specific cancer.
*Statistic calculated based on figures provided by Cancer Research UK
Learn more about what type of cancers brain and CNS tumours are from GP and Children with Cancer UK Ambassador, Dr Mohammed Abbas Khaki.
Building better models of brain tumours to advance patient treatment
This project focuses on investigating the interaction between tumour cells and their environment which will provide understanding into how a tumour develops and grows and will help in identifying cellular pathways that can be targeted by therapies without damaging healthy tissue.
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Better surgical navigation for the removal of brain tumours in children
This project focuses on improving the imaging available to support neurosurgeons when they’re removing a brain tumour, so that they have more information to make key decisions. Improved imaging is helpful in supporting more effective surgery.
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Cholesterol inhibitors for diffuse midline glioma
Professor Chris Jones' project focussed on making improvements for those diagnoses with Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG) is funded by Children with Cancer UK. Professor Jones runs a lab focused on developing new treatments for these tumours at the The Institute of Cancer Research.
Read moreIn 2019, Eve was diagnosed with a type of brain tumour called craniopharyngioma. It started with her eyesight going fuzzy, horrible headaches and then a droopy eyelid. When she was diagnosed, she was immediately booked in for surgery which helped restore her vision, and she was able to return to school part-time.
However, in May 2020, Eve’s symptoms returned, and her tumour had developed a new cyst. Over the summer of 2020, Eve endured six intense, but successful, weeks of proton beam therapy. Now, supported by her family and school, Eve remains resilient, pursuing her passions of dance and drama while being monitored for ongoing progress.
Get involved this March to spread awareness of brain tumours in children and young people, and the urgent need for more research.
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Brain tumours in children arise from different types of cells in the brain.
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