Karin Purshouse, Helen J Bulbeck, Alasdair G Rooney, Karen E Noble, Ross D Carruthers, Gerard Thompson, Petra Hamerlik, Christina Yap, Kathreena M Kurian, Sarah J Jefferies, Juanita S Lopez, Michael D Jenkinson, C Oliver Hanemann, Lucy F Stead
In 2015, a groundswell of brain tumour patient, carer and charity activism compelled the UK Minister for Life Sciences to form a brain tumour research task and finish group. This resulted, in 2018, with the UK government pledging £20m of funding, to be paralleled with £25m from Cancer Research UK, specifically for neuro-oncology research over the subsequent 5 years. Herein, we review if and how the adult brain tumour research landscape in the United Kingdom has changed over that time and what challenges and bottlenecks remain...
April 2024: Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology