by Dr Loretta Piccenna, Department of Neuroscience
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| (L-R): Ms Katrina Kan, Dr Mastura Monif (group leader) and Mr Matthew Drill. Dr Monif did a podcast for The Aftershock, and explains more about her research in a video. |
This month is Brain Cancer Awareness Month, a time of the year for raising awareness of brain cancer or tumours and the need for greater research to discover safe and effective new treatments.
Brain cancers may be rare, but there are more than 100 different types of brain cancer. This requires a collective effort by lots of researchers, clinicians, patients and their families to understand brain cancers at a molecular level to help find a cure.
Dr Mastura Monif and her research team (pictured) from the Department of Neuroscience within the Central Clinical School study the most common form of primary brain cancer or tumour, called glioblastoma. She said, “We must ensure that every person who develops cancer is given the best possible chance of surviving and living well”.
