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Brain tumour patient Keith Knight to ride 450 miles around SW Ireland for brainstrust
Brain tumour patient, Keith Knight from Brentwood is setting his sights on raising £5,000 for brainstrust by riding 450 miles around the south west coastline of Ireland with two friends starting on June 27.
brainstrust director, Helen Bulbeck, said: “We have given support to Keith Knight, who has a brain tumour, and are truly moved that he wishes to demonstrate his thanks by riding 450 miles to raise much needed funds for brainstrust. Our brain cancer community never ceases to amaze...
Read full storyPublished: 4 June 2010 -
Just been diagnosed with a brain tumour? Here are brainstrust’s top ten tips to cope in the immediate aftershock
March 2010 is Brain Tumour Awareness Month in the UK where 6,000 new cases of primary brain tumour are diagnosed every year. Worst still, brain cancer kills more children than any other illness with brain tumours overtaking leukaemia as the leading cause of cancer death in children. Indeed, more children and people under the age of 40 die from a brain tumour in the UK than any other form of cancer.
In the unfortunate event that you, or a loved, are one of the 6,000 to be diagnosed with a primary brain tumour this year, brainstrust director, Helen Bulbeck, offers...
Read full storyPublished: 1 March 2010 -
brainstrust launches new ‘meet-ups’ patient support concept
Brain Tumour Awareness Month – March 2010
On 16 March 2010, brainstrust – the Meg Jones brain cancer charity – is launching a new approach to patient support, patient and carer ‘meet-ups’. The first such initiative is being organised directly by brainstrust and its patient advocates, but will be then rolled out...
Read full storyPublished: 18 February 2010
