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Pioneering SDBTT brain tumour study wins prestigious award

Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust is delighted to announce that a breakthrough study it has funded has been awarded the Jeremy Jass Prize for Research Excellence in Pathology.

The study authors, Drs Tim Forshew and Ruth Tatevossian, have won the award for their ground-breaking research paper, relating to low grade astrocytomas in children, which was published [...]

Life is a rollercoaster for Powie!

Ian ‘Powie’ Pow, originally from Gourock in Scotland, is taking on an unusual sponsored challenge in March 2011 to raise much-needed funds for Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust.
 
Powie has pledged to ride the rollercoasters in Florida’s major theme parks in his kilt – let’s just hope Florida does not experience a freak cold snap in March!  You can sponsor [...]

Fundraiser Hannah Jones is Champion of Champions!

Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust supporter and fundraiser Hannah Jones has recently been crowned ‘Champion of Champions’ at the 2010 Trinity Mirror Cheshire/ScottishPower Your Champions awards ceremony.

Hannah has so far raised over £70,000 for Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, through a huge number of events, collections and sales of hoodies with ‘Support Hannah Banana’ written [...]

Cardiff brain tumour information and support day on 25th March 2011

Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust will be holding a Patient Information and Support Day in Cardiff on 25th March 2011. We will be joined by specialist speakers, who will present on a variety of relevant topics.  The day will be suitable for patients, parents, families and friends, is free to attend and will cover both paediatric and adult brain tumours.  [...]

Glasgow brain tumour information and support day on 11th March 2011

Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust will be holding a Patient Information and Support Day in Glasgow on 11th March 2011. We will be joined by specialist speakers, who will present on a variety of relevant topics. The day will be suitable for patients, parents, families and friends, is free to attend and will cover both [...]