September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. We would really urge you to read the report by Brain Tumour Research highlighting the issues that surround brain tumours. This report reveals: • From 2002 to 2012, total National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) spending was £4,515 million. Of this only £35 million funded brain tumour research (0.8%). • In 2012, the £4.9 million NCRI spend devoted to brain tumour research was also less than 1% of the total. This represented a substantial fall from £7.1 million the previous year. • There are 6.9 deaths from cancer in the under 45s for every £1 million spent on cancer research by NCRI members. For brain tumours specifically, there are 82.5 deaths in the under 45s for every £1 million spent on brain tumour research. • £7,735 was spent in 2012 on leukaemia research for every death by leukaemia, compared to £1,433 for brain tumour deaths. This is in spite of the fact brain tumour deaths in 2011 were only 16% lower than those dying of leukaemia These are just a few facts - please do read here to find out more: braintumourresearch.org/uploads/document/BrainTumourResearchNationalFundingReportJuly_2013draft9_897.pdf
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:47:09 +0000
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