Alfie Boe: Opera star calls for boost to brain tumour research

Celebrated tenor Alfie Boe has said he is "angry" there have been "so few advances" in the treatment of brain tumours, nearly three decades after his father died from the disease.

Boe said: "It makes me angry that, in all this time, the situation for patients like dad hasn't really changed. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer but just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this form of the disease, according to Brain Tumour Research.

Describing his father as "fun and gentle", the opera singer said he was "honoured" to be working with Brain Tumour Research to endeavour to help those diagnosed.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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