All Leanne wants is more time with her family.
Please donate today to fund crucial research that could extend the lives of people with brain cancer.
Around 1,900 Australians are diagnosed with brain cancer every year.
And tragically, 1,500 will lose their lives.
Brain cancer survival rates have only increased by 2% in the past decade compared to the significant increase in survival rates for other cancers, such as prostate and breast cancer.
Treatments for brain cancer are harrowing and only marginally extend a patient’s life expectancy. Yet those battling brain cancer are willing to endure almost anything for a little more time with their loved ones.
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Leanne doesn’t know
how long she has left.
Leanne, a business manager and mother-of-two was working from home when, without any warning or prior symptoms, she suffered a severe brain seizure and collapsed. The next thing she remembers is waking up in the ICU with 12 stitches in her forehead and no recollection of how she got there.
Soon after regaining consciousness, she was confronted with devastating news: doctors had discovered several tumours, the largest of which was located in the centre of her brain—an area deemed completely inoperable. She was told she
might only have six months to live. Her thoughts instantly turned to her children—just three and four years old—and the shocking realisation that they might face a future without their mother.
“We had this wonderful life ahead of us and then suddenly I was planning my funeral,” Leanne says.
When further tests suggested that with the right treatment Leanne could potentially survive up to ten years, she pushed forward. She completed course after course of intensive radiotherapy, followed by 12 gruelling rounds of chemotherapy. The side effects were brutal—her head and scalp became painfully inflamed, she lost her hair, was constantly dizzy and disoriented, and suffered from relentless nausea and extreme fatigue. All the while never knowing if any of it would make a difference to her life expectancy.
Still, she never once faltered. It was the only option to help give her more time with her children.
Please, donate today to power critical research that could prevent people like Leanne from being taken from their families too soon.
The devastating reality of brain cancer.
Brain cancer kills more people under 40 than any other cancer and more children in Australia than any other disease.
Only 22% of people diagnosed with brain cancer will survive five years post-diagnosis.
Brain cancer survival rates have have only increased by 2% in the last decade.
The researcher buying time
for brain cancer patients.
With the support of Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Hudson Medical Research Institute and Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, Dr Andrew Garvie—a Research Fellow at Monash University–is leading a groundbreaking project to develop targeted therapies for brain cancer and safer, more effective alternatives to chemotherapy.
Like many, he is deeply motivated by the memory of a loved one: “My grandfather passed away incredibly quickly from from a brain tumour. We went from not knowing he had brain cancer to losing him within six months.”
Dr. Garvie is determined that no one should have to endure the pain of losing a loved one so suddenly.
He believes that treatment strategies for brain cancer are severely underfunded and overlooked–despite it being one of the deadliest, most aggressive cancers. So much more needs to be done to improve the life expectancy of those diagnosed with the disease.
Thanks to funding from Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, Dr Garvie is advancing research that’s already showing early promise in the lab. By targeting a key weakness in tumour cells, his work is opening the door to future treatments that could secure more time for those diagnosed with brain cancer.
Donate today to help fund crucial research and give families impacted by brain cancer more time together.
A targeted attack on brain cancer.
“What we’re seeing in the lab is an important step toward improving brain cancer treatment.” – Dr. Garvie.
Dr. Garvie’s research targets paediatric brain cancers with specific mutations by disrupting the lifeline of tumour cells. Unlike traditional chemotherapy, which also damages healthy cells, this pioneering research explores a more targeted treatment that aims to do less harm to healthy cells and improves patient outcomes.
Dr. Garvie is excited about the potential of his project to extend a patient’s survival and give them more time with their loved ones. While early lab results are encouraging, there’s still important work to be done before the treatment is ready for trials. And all the while, time is running out for people with brain cancer like Leanne.
A donation from you can help fund life–changing brain cancer research and offer precious time to people battling brain cancer.
Now’s the time to accelerate crucial research like Dr Garvie’s to help give more people affected by brain cancer, more time.
Make your tax-deductible gift by 30 June.
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