SAM ROWLANDS, Member of the Welsh Parliament for North Wales, is backing the work of a national charity.
Mr Rowlands said: “I am always happy to lend my support to this extremely important charity to highlight Brain Tumour Awareness Month.
“Brain tumours are still the biggest cancer killer of people under 40 and quite frightening to hear that people are still falling through the cracks.
“It really is absolutely vital we get behind this charity and help to raise awareness.”
March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month and a chance to support the work of The Brain Tumour Charity, the world’s leading brain tumour charity, and the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours.
It is also an opportunity highlight the work that the charity is undertaking to support people to live longer and better, as well as ways to get involved and support the brain tumour community.
Brain tumours are the largest cancer killer of people under 40. Around 40% of adults diagnosed with a high-grade brain tumour survive for one year or more, and 13% will survive for five years or longer.
Despite this, the 400 people who are diagnosed with a brain tumour every year in Wales, contributing to the 12,700 people diagnosed across the UK, are falling through cracks in existing initiatives, resulting in outcomes not improving for decades.
