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Giving you a voice in the media

28 March 2009: Teenager Amanda Froggatt tells the Nottingham Evening Post of her brain tumour battle

27 March 2009: Meningioma mum Angela Gregg tells the Ipswich Evening Star about the lack of patient support

26 March 2009: Meningioma patient Carol Read backs Brain Tumour UK's data campaign in Derbyshire's Burton Mail

20 March 2009: Plymouth neurosurgeon Louis Pobereskin backs Brain Tumour UK's data campaign in the Western Morning News

18 March 2009: Over 2,300 patients are missing from official statistics in Wales, reports BBC Wales

18 March 2009: Ed Evans' mum, Sue Evans, tells Good Morning Wales how a 'benign' meningioma killed her son

18 March 2009: Consultant oncologist Dr David Levy tells Community Newswire that 1,500 people with malignant tumours are missing from national statistics every year

18 March 2009: Brain tumour survivor Mike Bellis backs Brain Tumour UK's data campaign in the Isle of Man Today

18 March 2009: Brain tumour survivor John O'Brien and Professor Roy Rampling tell BBC Scotland how inadequate data means inadequate support for brain tumour patients

18 April 2009: Derbyshire mum Lucie Stevenson backs our campaign in the Derby Telegraph

10 April 2009: Sian Baker-Coopey tells the Hereford Times that official brain tumour figures give a false picture

2009 Press releases

14 October 2009: Harry Moseley is Britain’s Kindest Kid

18 August 2009. Brain Tumour UK gives cautious welcome to specialist brain cancer proton unit.

18 March 2009. 40,000 brain tumour patients are missing from official UK statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

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• 18 March 2009. 900 brain tumour patients are missing from official statistics in Northern Ireland each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 3,200 brain tumour patients are missing from official statistics in Scotland each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 2,360 brain tumour patients are missing from official statistics in Wales each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 3,080 brain tumour patients are missing from official East Midlands statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 3,835 brain tumour patients are missing from official East of England statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 3,875 brain tumour patients are missing from official London statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 1,765 brain tumour patients are missing from official North East statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 5,250 brain tumour patients are missing from official North West statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 5,930 brain tumour patients are missing from official South East statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 4,720 brain tumour patients are missing from official South West statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 2,965 brain tumour patients are missing from official Yorkshire and Humber statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

• 18 March 2009. 2,910 brain tumour patients are missing from official West Midlands statistics each year, Brain Tumour UK reveals.

 

2008 Press releases

7 November 2008. Seve Ballesteros tumour diagnosis. Information from Brain Tumour UK.

31 October 2008. Brain Tumour UK backs Scottish conference.

13 October 2008. Ballesteros ‘could be in danger’ warns Brain Tumour UK.

25 February 2008. Brain Tumour UK urges Government to fulfil cancer reform pledges.

 

Events

13 September 2009: Support Brain Tumour UK at the Do-It-For-Charity 5km Fun Run at Cannon Hill, Birmingham. Contact Trudy Thomas, our Community Fundraiser, to secure a place with Brain Tumour UK.

1-2 August 2009: Support Brain Tumour UK by taking part in this year's Mazda London Triathlon at the Excel Centre in Docklands. Contact Trudy Thomas, our Community Fundraiser, to secure a place with Brain Tumour UK.