Brain Matters
Stories from the RCD Foundation
Childhood Brain Cancer Awareness Day: High Grade Glioma (HGG)
September 22, 2022
September 26 is Brain Cancer Awareness Day. This year the focus is on high grade glioma (HGG). High-grade gliomas (HGGs) are the most malignant type of CNS tumours that occur in children....
RCD Wrap Up: International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO)
July 14, 2022
The Robert Connor Dawes (RCD) Foundation proudly sponsored the 20th International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO) in Hamburg, Germany this June. The conference attracted more than 400...
Children's Brain Tumor Network Early-Career Investigator Info Session
September 10, 2021
An opportunity for investigators early in their careers to come together and connect with peers across the countryAn opportunity for investigators early in their careers to come together and connect...
About Childhood Brain Cancer
December 11, 2020
What is a brain tumour? Brain tumours include types of brain cancer, however not all brain tumours are cancerous. Brain tumours are the growth of abnormal cells in the tissues of the brain or...
About DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma)
November 11, 2020
About DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma) DIPG, or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, is a type of brain tumour found in an area of the brainstem (the part of the brain just above the back of...
About Medulloblastoma / PNET
November 2, 2020
About Medulloblastoma/PNET Medulloblastoma/PNET is one of the most common brain tumour of childhood, representing 20% of all childhood brain tumours. They are most common in children between the...
About Ependymoma
October 22, 2020
Robert 'Connor' Dawes (Connor to his family and friends) was diagnosed with anaplastic ependymoma in 2011. He was 17 and had his whole, bright future ahead of him. He underwent surgery which caused...
About Astrocytoma
November 5, 2019
About Astrocytoma (pronounced ass-tro-sigh-toe-ma). Astrocytomas are the most common type of primary brain tumour and are part of a larger group of brain tumours called gliomas. Astrocytoma...