Brain Cancer Biobanking Australia (BCBA) is a virtual biobank hub established to provide researchers easy access to the amount, quality and type of tissue and associated data they need to accelerate both paediatric and adult translational brain cancer research.
May 2024
This month we go grey to raise awareness and funds for brain cancer.
The devastating legacy of brain cancer never leaves those it touches.
- Brain cancer kills more children than any other disease
- Brain cancer kills more adults under 40 than any other cancer
- Brain cancer is extremely difficult to access and virtually impossible to completely remove
- There is not enough tumour tissue available for research
- We don’t have big data to drive research and standardise patient care
- There has been no major breakthrough in over 40 years
Our mission is to change this.
So please help us promote awareness by sharing our post, creating a fundraiser on our charity website, or simply make a donation | www.braincancercollective.com.au
Together we can change the future for brain cancer patients and their families.
April 2024
Cancer epidemiologist, big data specialist and BCBA Steering Committee Member, Prof Claire Vajdic, leads a research program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW, using large-scale health data to drive best practice health care and reduce unwarranted variation in the delivery of care for people with cancer.
Her current focus is streamlining researcher access to nationally significant datasets – the ‘big data’ needed to transform the way we treat diseases like brain cancer.
Professor Vajdic became interested in brain cancer research following the death of a young friend from the disease.
10th - 11th May 2024
Join the 2024 Bike Ride for Brain Cancer to help change the future for brain cancer patients and their families. The Ride is the annual fundraising event for our charity arm – the Brain Cancer Collective.