Fife Family Call For Brain Tumour Cure

Young sufferer backs calls for more research cash for the biggest cancer killer of children.

A Fife family are calling for more research to find a cure for brain tumours.

Maisie Dury from St Andrews was diagnosed with one in 2007, when she was just two and a half, after her parents noticed she looked vacant at times. 

They're the biggest cancer killers of children and of adults under the age of 40, but just 1% of the national cancer research budget looks into brain tumours.

Brain Tumour Reasearch are taking their call to invest in a cure for them to MPs today (Tuesday) launching a manifesto called "Invest in a Cure" at Speaker's House in Westminster.

They'd like seven dedicated centres opened across the UK to help find out more about the complex condition and different types of tumours.

Maisie's mum Vanessa is backing their campaign and told us: "We were very lucky, we've had a good outcome with Maisie, but unfortunately because so little's know about brain tumours in general not all children are as lucky.

"Brain tumours are the leading cause of cancer death of all children now and such little is known about them, we just thought it was unacceptable."