Brain tumours account for about a quarter of cancer diagnoses in children and around 12% in teenagers and young adults, but they are the biggest cause of cancer deaths in children and young people. There are many different types of brain tumours, and they can be difficult to treat. While overall survival for all brain tumours has increased over the past decades as a result of research, for some types survival is poor and has not seen the same improvements.

Where treatment is successful, many survivors are left with lifelong challenges as a result of their cancer and its treatment. CCLG’s Brain Tumour Research Fund supports pioneering research into these devastating cancers in children and young people, changing the future by learning more about what causes them, finding better, kinder treatments, and improving our understanding of how to manage the long-term effects of treatment.

Our Research Funds are part of our exciting plans to fund and support pioneering research into cancers affecting children, teenagers and young adults. You can find out more about the research we fund on our website.