This is a memorial site to honour the memory of my darling late wife, Paula Gray. If you have any questions, contributions or suggestions, please contact me.

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Research into Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), the most common of the really nasty brain cancers in humans, is woefully underfunded.

Despite the tantalising prospect of immunotherapy and targeted therapies improving GBM treatment and survival outcomes, there have been no real breakthroughs since the introduction of the 'Stupp' protocol in 2005. So over twenty years on, brain tumours continue to kill more people under the age of 40 than any other cancer. Presently, only 1% of UK cancer research spending has been allocated to this incredibly common and devastating disease.

The only way to improve these woeful statistics is to massively increase the amount spent on research, and the fundraising and awareness work of the following organisations is critical to achieving this.

  • The Brain Tumour Research Campaign (BTRC) works to raise awareness of the need for a significant increase in brain tumour research funding. They also fund projects involving research scientists and clinicians to improve brain tumour treatments and work towards finding a cure.
  • Brain Tumour Research has a mission to increase the UK investment in research into brain tumours, with the goal of finding a cure for all types of tumours.
  • The Brain Tumour Charity claims to be the leading funder of brain tumour research in the UK, having spent over £35.6 million to date on pioneering research.
  • Brain Research UK funds and carries out research in the areas of brain tumours, acquired brain and spinal cord injury, and headache and facial pain.
  • Cancer Research UK, a major funding body for cancer research, including glioblastoma.
  • The Glioblastoma Research Organization, is a US charity which funds doctors and institutions that engage in medical research into glioblastoma.
  • The Glioblastoma Foundationn, a US charity that aims to transform glioblastoma from terminal to treatable by funding research into targeted small molecule therapies that may one day replace radiation and chemotherapy.

Please, please, consider making a donation to one of the above, or to any other charity that is working to improve the lives of those affected by brain tumour, especially glioblastoma.

If you know of other organisations performing targeted fundraising and research into glioblastoma multiforme, please get in touch so that I can add them to this page.