Did you know that one in three children who die of cancer are killed by a brain tumour?
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and we are working with families affected by this devastating disease to highlight how together we can increase awareness and get closer to a cure.
Families like Shay Patel’s, who are today marking the fourth anniversary of his death.
Shay was diagnosed with a brain tumour in November 2018 after collapsing from a seizure at home. A biopsy revealed that the tumour was a grade 4 glioblastoma (GBM). Tragically, Shay passed away on 1st September 2020, 22 months after his diagnosis. He was just 13.
With 420 children diagnosed with a brain tumour every year and brain tumours killing more children than leukaemia, more research is desperately needed to understand the causes of this devastating disease and to find new, kinder treatments and, ultimately, cures.
Brain Tumour Research is leading the way to increase the national investment into research and work being undertaken across our network of Centres of Excellence will help us get closer to a cure.
To find out more about what we’re doing this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and how you can help fund the fight to find new treatments and cures for children with brain tumours, click here.
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Published Sunday 1st September 2024.