HeadSmart campaign increases the awareness of brain tumours

Total Health | April 14th, 2011

A new campaign called HeadSmart is to be launched by a coalition of medical experts and brain tumourAn abnormal swelling. charities to increase public awareness of brain tumour symptoms in children and young people.

The campaign has been jointly created by The Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust and the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre at the University of Nottingham. The aim of the HeadSmart campaign is to support clinicians and patients in understanding and recognising the symptoms of brain tumours.

Brain tumours are the leading cause of cancerAbnormal, uncontrolled cell division resulting in a malignant tumour that may invade surrounding tissues or spread to distant parts of the body. deaths in children, with almost ten being diagnosed each week in the UK. The current problem is children and young people have to wait longer to be diagnosed with a brain tumour compared with many other developed areas of the world. These delays in diagnosisThe process of determining which condition a patient may have. ultimately cost lives, whereas quick medical intervention increases the survival rate and outcome for patients. 

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