Waitrose raise funds for brain tumour charity WBTSG

Supporting those affected by or with a brain tumour, the Worcestershire Brain Tumour Support Group’s (WBTSG) work helps numerous people across the area, and so was overjoyed to accept a cheque for £360 from Waitrose in Droitwich, as part of the store’s support of local charities.

Mrs Rosemary Wormington, founder of the WBTSG, said: “We are ever so grateful to Waitrose for this money as it will help us to continue to support those who are in real need.”

The WBTSG was set up by Rosemary and John Wormington, when following their daughter’s diagnosis of a malignant brain tumour. Finding there was a lack of local support groups for people with brain tumours anywhere in the Midlands, they began WBTSG with the intention of offering practical advice and friendship to those suffering from or looking after, someone with the condition.

For more information about the exhibition or about the Worcestershire Brain Tumour Support Group contact 07804 820351 or email info@wbtsg.org or visit their website: www.wbtsg.org

Brain Tumour Statistics

*(Source The Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust - www.braintumourtrust.co.uk)

• More children now die from a brain tumour than any other childhood cancer.
• Sadly 3,400 people lose their lives to a brain tumour each year.
• Whilst on average 75% of all childhood cancer patients in Britain survive five years, only 65% of children diagnosed with a high grade brain tumour live for longer than this.
• In adults, with a malignant brain tumour, the statistic is even more tragic with only 14% living longer than 5 years.
• 40% of all cancer deaths in children are from a brain tumour.
• The number of people dying from a brain tumour has increased over the last decade - incidence increases by approximately 2% per year.
• 6,500 people are diagnosed each year with a primary brain tumour.
• On average it takes longer to diagnose a child with a brain tumour in the UK than in North America and a number of European countries. The principal cause of delay in diagnosis is the failure by front-line health professionals to include brain tumours in the differential diagnosis.
• The average years of life lost (AYLL) to brain tumours is the highest of any cancer at over 20 years.