Brain Tumour Charity

36 The cost of a brain tumour: The Economic Case for Urgent Action

Abstract Introduction Each year over 13,000 people are diagnosed with brain tumours in the UK and 5,400 people lose their lives. Brain tumours have a substantial impact on individual health and on wider society; however, little research has been conducted to estimate the overall...

Strategic roadmap for delivery of clinical trials in rare childhood central nervous system (CNS) tumours: a multi-stakeholder consensus

Abstract Rare paediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumours comprise a biologically-heterogeneous group of low-incidence diseases that present significant challenges to both therapeutic development and clinical research, limiting the availability of high-quality evidence to gui...

Barriers and facilitators to implementing the European code of cancer practice in a rural and coastal setting: a qualitative study

Abstract Purpose The European Code of Cancer Practice (ECCP) is a patient-centred framework for good clinical cancer practice, to improve outcomes for all of Europe’s patients [1]. Given challenges with applications to rural regions, the study aimed to explore the barriers and fa...