Brain Tumour UK

Annual Conference 14 and 15 July 2008
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We are delighted to announce that our Annual Brain Tumour Conference 2008 will be held this year at Edgbaston cricket ground, Birmingham on Monday 14 (afternoon) and all day Tuesday 15 July.

In light of the new venue, we are aiming for ‘a better innings for patients’ bringing together anyone concerned with enhancing the lives of people living with brain tumours, improving treatments and care, and finding a cure.

This event provides an opportunity for leading brain tumour professionals to speak on the latest advances in care, treatment and research and for them to talk to patients and carers on an informal basis.

At the same time it is an opportunity for brain tumour sufferers and Brain Tumour UK’s supporters and volunteers to meet each other, share experiences and become better informed. We very much hope that you will be able to come along.

For more information and to book your place click here

Support in Shropshire

Travail Employment has seconded Claire Miller to help us with publicity and events. She will be helping Roderick Marsden of Travail Employment to run the fundraising and support group which he set up last year and will also be working on our Annual Conference too. Read more in our latest edition of Target.

Walking the Talk

1,725 miles were walked on Easter Monday at the start of a 2008 challenge to ‘walk the world’! The Ed Evans Foundation organised the occasion which saw 220 eager walkers, and many eager dogs, setting off across cliff tops. More …

What we do

Brain Tumour UK supports brain tumour patients, their families, friends and carers through making connections, providing information and funding research.

If you want to talk, we're here to listen: Call our Helpline

For advice and support, whether you have a brain tumour or are caring for someone, you can call our Helpline on 0845 4500 386 (10am - 1pm, Monday to Friday). We can also put you in touch with our free telephone support service known as Phone Pals and with our network of local Support Groups.

Cancer Campaigning Group urges Government to fulfil cancer reform pledges

The Cancer Campaigning Group (CCG) – a coalition of the 40 leading cancer patient organisations in the UK, including Brain Tumour UK – is calling on the Government to fulfil its recent promises in the Cancer Reform Strategy.

Whilst the CCG supports and welcomes the Strategy as a blueprint for the delivery of cancer services in England, CCG members remain to be convinced that the NHS will be able to deliver on the strategy’s promises within this timeframe and with the limited resources available.

News Box

	A NICE result at last!
	Temodal and Gliadel Wafers are finally available on the NHS as possible therapies following a two-year appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). If you are one of the 2,000 people diagnosed annually in the UK with a high-grade glioma, ask your GP and/or consultant if Temodal (temozolomide) and/or Gliadel Wafers (carmustine implants) are the right treatments for you. You will almost certainly be eligible for Temodal which can be administered with and after radiotherapy. Gliadel Wafers contain an anti-cancer drug and are inserted in the brain during surgery. NICE has recommended Gliadel Wafers for the treatment of newly-diagnosed high grade gliomas where 90% or more of the tumour is surgically removed. “We are watching to ensure that these treatments are made available to everyone who needs them, when they need them,” says Jenny Baker, Brain Tumour UK’s Chief Executive. Copies of Carmustine implants and temozolomide for the treatment of newly diagnosed highgrade glioma are available to download or order printed copies of the leaflet from the NHS Response Line 0870 1555 455, quoting reference N1268.

Summer Appeal

We want to do all we can to help anyone affected by a brain tumour. For ten years, we've provided a Helpline, support groups, regular newsletters and funded for vital research in to the causes and effects of brain tumours, and their treatment.

To continue to do all this, and more, we need to raise much-needed funds; with your help, we could make 2007 our most successful year to date. Please take a moment to read through our Summer Appeal letter

Phone Pals
	Our telephone support group service is proving to be a great success. 5 groups up and running and more planned. Why not join us today and talk to like minded people.
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Canoe expedition, Sweden 2008

This is a wonderful opportunity to experience the beauty of Sweden while raising money for Brain Tumour UK.

To find out more

Please help us in our quest to help you

	Click on the Charity Choice logo to make a donation online. This service is free and administered by a secure system with the Co-operative Bank plc.
	Alternatively you can post your donation to:
	Freepost RRAT-GBTJ-TRKG, Brain Tumour UK, PO Box 27108, Edinburgh EH10 7WS
	download a form here