Game changing collaboration in Scotland will help find a cure for brain tumours

Two leading cancer charities are working to establish a research centre in Scotland to help find a cure for the most aggressive form of brain cancer.

Brain Tumour Research and Beatson Cancer Charity plan to open the Scottish Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence, in a unique collaboration based at laboratories at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow.

World-leading brain cancer experts will work to find a cure for glioblastoma (GBM), a highly aggressive brain tumour with a devastatingly short average survival time of 12-18 months.

The announcement has been welcomed by people in Scotland affected by brain tumours, such as Antiques Roadshow expert and Patron of Brain Tumour Research, Theo Burrell, who was diagnosed with a GBM in June 2022 after suffering from symptoms for six months.