17 h. ago Girl, 7, who had no symptoms diagnosed with brain tumour after mum spotted tiny signs

'It should be as normal as going to the hairdressers or going to see a dentist'

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20 h. ago Teen diagnosed with inoperable brain tumour after being sent home from school with headache

Callum Stone was sent home from school with a headache in January and has since been diagnosed with a grade four brain tumour

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5 d. ago Teen diagnosed with brain tumour after vomiting and back pain

Tia Muir, 14, received the devastating brain tumour diagnosis in March.

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6 d. ago Sopranos star's daughter dead aged 58 after fighting health battle 'valiantly'

Sarah Francesca Chianese, the daughter of The Sopranos star Dominic Chianese, has died after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a malignant, cancerous brain tumour

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9 d. ago ‘I thought my son’s rugby injury was just a concussion – but doctors found a brain tumour’

More than 12,500 people diagnosed each year with a primary brain tumour – including 500 children and young people

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9 d. ago My sister died 10 years ago. Here’s what I wish I had known about dementia when she was alive | Jackie Bailey

I think back to my 20-year-old self and my sister, lost in her imagined worlds, and I feel compassion for us bothWhen my sister was 21, she was diagnosed with dementia. She had survived a malignant brain tumour diagnosis when she was 10, but her cancer was inoperable and sat directly on her hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for memory formation.My sister moved in and out of what I would call “reality”. She spent days talking to people I couldn’t see, laughing at jokes I couldn’t hear. I would cajole her into playing Scrabble with me, and after a couple of hours she might say something “normal”, like, “How are you, Jackie?” She just needed mental stimulation, I would think. If I could play Scrabble with her every day, she would come back to me. Continue reading...

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1 week ago A new start after 60: I had a breakdown, the old me died – and I cried for the first time in my life

David Williams lost his mother, his marriage fell apart and he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. But it took one more blow to bring him to tearsDavid Williams was 17 when his mother died of cancer. But he didn’t cry when his mum’s friend knocked on the door in the dead of night to give him and his sisters the news. He was the eldest of three, “the adult male” as his father had left years earlier.Instead, he bottled up his feelings and carried on working. Williams, now 61, says: “Something happens to you in that situation that isn’t your choice.” This was 1980, and the family lived on the Lache social housing estate in Chester, which was, he says, “a tough place. Lads didn’t go around crying.”Tell us: has your life taken a new direction after the age of 60? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Music, poetry and joy mark the first Benjamin Zephaniah Day tribute

The dub poet, who appeared in hit BBC show Peaky Blinders, died at the age of 65 in December 2023, shortly after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

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1 week ago Davina McCall bravely shares brain scan photos as she gives positive health update

Davina McCall shared with fans scan pictures after undergoing brain surgery following her benign tumour diagnosis and as she issued a positive update on her health

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1 week ago Real Housewives star Teddi Mellencamp candidly reveals debilitating brain tumour symptoms

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp revealed she suffered painful headaches for months and vision loss ahead of heartbreaking brain tumour diagnosis

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2 w. ago Teddi Mellencamp, 43, reveals funeral plans after heartbreaking cancer diagnosis

Real Housewives star Teddi Mellencamp shared that despite weeks of treatment for brain tumours she's been diagnosed with stage four cancer, and her dad is already focused on her burial

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2 w. ago Five nurses working on same hospital floor all diagnosed with brain tumours

Five nurses on the floor 5 maternity ward of Mass General Brigham’s Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts have developed brain tumours and now suspicion is growing that something is up

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3 w. ago Kind strangers pay for wedding for Glasgow mum, 26, diagnosed with aggressive brain tumour while pregnant

Bethany Wright, 26, from Glasgow, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour when she was 34-weeks pregnant - on hearing her story a stranger reached out with an incredible act of kindness.

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3 w. ago Young mum diagnosed with brain tumour while pregnant books dream wedding thanks to big

Bethany Wright and Cameron Murphy will tie the knot next year thanks to a generous stranger who launched a fundraiser.

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