ABOUT BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH CAMPAIGN (BTRC)
LATEST ON
We're excited to announce that booking is now open for our forthcoming Amber Ball - please follow the links below to make your booking and start planning your wardrobe, saving up for the fabulous prizes that will once again be on offer in our raffles and auctions at this glamorous event. Get your dancing shoes ready for our favourite band "Fake Tan" and invite all your friends along. This is our major fundraiser each year, which enables us to help our research team to make steady progress towards our ultimate goal - finding a cure! They have made some major progress this year, but only with your help can we find better treatment options for our brain tumour patients. Please help us to fund this desperately needed research at Imperial College's Charing Cross Hospital and the John Fulcher Memorial Laboratory at the Hammersmith Burlington Danes campus by joining us on 8th June at The Dorchester!
STORIES
Read about some people whose lives have been touched by brain tumours – we hope you feel as inspired by them as we do!
Anna Louise Swabey
Diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of 23, Anna Swabey was initially given just months to live, but under the care of consultant neurosurgeon Kevin O’Neill, at Imperial College, London, Anna had surgery and went on to have a year’s chemotherapy and radiotherapy under oncologist Matt Williams. She shared her experiences from the time of her diagnosis almost up to her death through her blog “Inside My Head”.
RESEARCH
Our brain tumour research programme is possibly one of the most comprehensive in the world. Its aim is to look at every possibility to improve the outlook for brain tumour patients by producing rapid “translational” research, ie research that translates into treatments as quickly as possible. We have examined every aspect of the patient pathway from diagnosis through treatment to survival and have identified areas that require improvement to achieve this.
RESEARCH SECTIONS:
Collaborations
The best research comes through exchanging ideas and collaborating with other institutions, both nationally and internationally.
Publications
Research funded by BTRC has produced numerous publications and presentations: here is a list of the published papers, abstracts, posters and presentations that our grants have facilitated.
DONATE
Donations, fundraising and sponsorship are vital to our work.
Our promise
We promise that unlike many charities today:
- none of the money raised will be spent on administration
- 100% of net donations will go to research projects