Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

The statistics speak for themselves.  Something has to be done.  Too many people are being faced with the devastating diagnosis each year: brain tumours kill more children and people under the age of forty than any other cancer and five year survival remains the same as it did thirty years ago.  We need to raise significant amounts to fund research into this dreadful disease if we are to identify the causes, advance treatments and ultimately find a cure for brain tumours.

• 16,000 people each year in the UK are diagnosed with a brain tumour
   
• Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of UK children
   
• More people under 40 die of a brain tumour than from any other cancer
   
• Only 12% of males diagnosed with a brain tumour and 15% of females survive beyond 5 years (compared with 50% for all cancers)
   
• 25% of all cancers spread to the brain
   
• 33% more children died from a brain tumour in 2007 than 2001 
   
• 65% more women die from a brain tumour than from cervical cancer
   
• Every year there is a 4% increase in incidence
   
• Brain tumour research is woefully under-funded and therefore lags significantly behind other cancers
   
• With more than 120 different types of tumour, brain tumours are a notoriously difficult disease to diagnose 
   
• Brain tumours are a particularly devastating form of cancer with one of the lowest survival rates
   
• Our understanding of other cancers does not readily translate to brain tumours
   
• Patient personality changes as a result of a brain tumour cause massive family disruption
   
• The commercialisation of universities and introduction of performance grading to determine funding, along with the merger of larger cancer charities focused on more pervasive cancers, has dramatically reduced the funds available for brain tumour research
   
• Much more research is needed to discover the cause of brain tumours and to understand their behaviour so please dig deep and donate now!

Many thanks!

Sarah and Mamma!  xxx

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