Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page to raise funds for brain tumour research.

On 26 September, me, my Mum, my sister-in-law and and my very good friends Tina, Sam and Miranda will be taking part in this year's Brain Tumour Research 'Walk for Hope' in memory of my sister Deb.   My niece Katie Darby (Deb's youngest daughter) will be walking in Wiltshire so this is a real team effort!  You can see all team members on our team page - https://www.justgiving.com/team/Deb

Deb was diagnosed with a grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma (a malignant brain tumour) in September 2014.  She endured several neurosurgeries, radiotherapy and chemotherapy but the cancer progressed to stage 4 in October 2018 and she sadly passed away on 22 March 2020.

Unfortunately for Deb, and for so many others, there is no cure for this type of brain cancer despite astrocytomas being the most common type of brain tumours.   It seems wrong therefore that only 1% of national research spend has been allocated to research into this devastating disease.

Deb fought an incredibly brave battle and we were blessed that she survived for 5 and a half years, many people with her cancer type face much shorter survival periods following a diagnosis.  In a world where there are so many advances being made in the fight against cancer, it seems so wrong that people with a diagnosis for the most common brain tumour type are facing a death sentence.  That is why we are fundraising for The Brain Tumour Research charity - they receive no government funding so please give whatever you can to help stop this terrible disease.  

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