May is Brain Cancer & Tumour Awareness Month, also known as Brain Cancer & Tumour Action Month. Several brain cancer and tumour charities and advocacy groups are urging people to ‘Go Grey in May’ for brain cancer and tumour awareness. This means wearing grey clothes or a grey awareness ribbon.

I survived two brain tumours in 2008 and am currently living with another (3rd) brain tumour. Going grey in May is a way to help raise awareness of the shocking outcomes for patients of brain cancer, which has a five-year survival rate of just over 20%, kills more young Australians aged 18-40 than any other cancer and kills more Australian children then any other disease. It’s a little known fact that ‘benign’ brain tumours can also be life-threatening.

We have still have a long way to go towards understanding, treating and one day curing brain cancers and tumours. That’s why raising funds for community education, research and advocacy is vital.

For more information about brain cancers and tumours you can visit the websites of the following organisations:

Cure Brain Cancer – https://www.curebraincancer.org.au

Brain Tumour Alliance Australia (BTAA) – https://btaa.org.auRCD Foundation-

Robert Connor Dawes – https://rcdfoundation.org

Carrie’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer Foundation – https://www.carriesbeanies4braincancer.com