Children's brain cancer biobank gives hope for the future

February 15, 2023

The Robert Connor Dawes Foundation are proud to announce that we are co-funding South Australia's first biobank. Dubbed ‘Brain Turbo SA’, the biobank is being spearheaded by renowned brain...

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World First: Australian child first in the world to trial new brain cancer treatment

February 8, 2023

16 year old Adam is the first patient in the world to trial a new brain cancer treatment. This world-first cancer treatment trial, tackling a rare and debilitating paediatric brain tumour commenced at...

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CERN Seed Grant Launches New $3M Ependymoma Research Project

December 21, 2022

Discoveries from the 2020 CERN Robert Connor Dawes Pediatric Fellowship, supported by the National Brain Tumor Society, to Dr. Chan Chung in Dr. Sriram Venneti’s laboratory at the University of...

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An Australian first: Newly accredited diagnostic test to transform diagnosis of children with brain cancer.

December 13, 2022

Pat yourself on the back, high-five someone, jump for joy, because your awesome support has helped make a huge difference for young people with brain cancer! From December 2022, molecular profiling...

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HGG PROJECTS WE ARE FUNDING

September 21, 2022

September 26 is Brain Cancer Awareness Day. This year the focus is on high grade glioma (HGG). We have highlighted all of the projects we have committed funding to relating to research in HGG....

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CERN x RCD Seed Grant Launches New $3M Ependymoma Research Project

August 25, 2022

This first appeared on CERN. Discoveries from the 2020 CERN Robert Connor Dawes Pediatric Fellowship, supported by the National Brain Tumor Society, to Dr. Chan Chung in Dr. Sriram Venneti’s...

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New clinical trial now open for children with deadly brain cancers.

August 24, 2022

This was first posted on ANZCHOG An international clinical trial testing the latest promising drugs for children diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer is now open in Australia and will open soon in...

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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...

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Outcomes of Travel Grants

June 2, 2022

Outcomes of Travel Grants for Fiscal year 2021-2022 We warmly congratulate the following grant recipients for the 20th International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro- Oncology (ISPNO) in Hamburg,...

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Brawn for the brain: Over $93,000 USD raised for Connor's Erg Challenge

March 2, 2022

Thank you to all of the individuals, schools, gyms and teams who used their brawn for brains! Our seventh Connor's Erg raised over $93,000 USD ($128,000+ AUD!) for paediatric brain cancer matters, our...

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