brain tumour research campaign

Latest Media Coverage

Here are some of the recent published articles about BTRC and our supporters:

On 31st May, 2011, the WHO IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) report on mobile phone usage was published (see report link above).

Wendy Fulcher, founder of charity the Brain Tumour Research Campaign, welcomed the report. “If you speak to any oncologists or neurosurgeons, they have wanted proper research into this for a long time,” she said. “One of the problems with brain tumours is that we just do not know what causes them.”

She added: “This seems just to be the first step, but there is still a long way to go.”  Click here to read full article in The Scotsman published on 1st June, 2011 by Jane Bradley

“I was wide awake for the operation on my brain” Independent 12th October – read Alex Drummond’s story

Every cloud has a silver lining! Full House magazine interviews Wendy Fulcher, Founder & Trustee of BTRC and tells the story of how BTRC came about.

“What it feels like… … to be awake during an operation” – Alexandra Drummond tells Victoria Lambert how surgery to save her life meant she had to chat through the six-hour procedure – featured in Style magazine.

On your bike! Trust patient organises bike ride to raise funds for brain tumour research.  Epic trip aids brain tumour research.

NHS to get specialist Cancer Unit, BBC 18 August, 2009.   Campaigners are welcoming a new move to invest in specialist cancer care for brain and spinal cord tumours.  Ministers in England have invited hospitals to bid to become the first national centre for proton therapy.

Brain tumours ‘forgotten cancer’, BBC News Channel, Thursday, 2 July 2009.
More funding needs to be ploughed into research into the “forgotten cancer” of brain tumours, campaigners say…

Appeal for funds to fight curse of brain tumours, Steve Connor, Science Editor, The Independent, 3 July 2009.  Where is the money to help young cancer victims, campaigners ask.

Brain tumour campaign mum is guest speaker, The Express, 26 March, 2010.  Mother of two from Ascot was a guest speaker at a Westminster event in London on Tuesday…

Plucky patient pedals to improve tumour research, Hammersmith and Fulham Chronicle, 14th March, 2010. 15 mile bike ride from Charing Cross Hospital to raise money for research into Brain Tumours.