 Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell has pleaded for more funding to be poured into brain cancer research as she faces her own terminal diagnosis. The 36-year-old revealed in June that she had been diagnosed with 'an incurable aggressive grade 4 brain tumour' last year following the birth of her son. The ceramics expert, who has since undergone 'surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy to keep the cancer under control,' was given just two years to live, and was told that her 'tumour will return and kill me'. She's previously said the diagnosis left her 'devastated', coming when her son Jonah was just a year old. But now Theo has thrown her support behind a petition calling for more funding into the disease. The charity Brain Tumour Research is currently asking the Government to ring-fence £110 million of current and new funding to kick-start an increase in the national investment in brain tumour research to £35 million a year by 2028. She was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer last year (Picture: BBC) Signing the petition, Theo has said it was 'hard not to feel angry' about how underfunded research into the disease is, and how it is continuing to affect people, and families, like her own. 'Brain tumours are so underfunded, and they have such a poor prognosis. Brain cancer seems to be a few steps ahead of us, it's outsmarting us,' she wrote. The expert added: 'We can get a man on the moon, but we can't cure brain tumours; it's so frustrating that funding is so thin on the ground. Macmillan cancer support If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, Macmillan can offer support and information. You can contact their helpline on 0808 808 00 00 (7 days a week from 8am to 8pm), use their webchat service, or visit their site for more information. 'So many young people get brain tumours, so we need to care for the next generation.' Theo s){kind=link}
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Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell has pleaded for more funding to be poured into brain cancer research as she faces her own terminal diagnosis.
The 36-year-old revealed in June that she had been diagnosed with ‘an incurable aggressive grade 4 brain tumour’ last year following the birth of her son.
The ceramics expert, who has since undergone ‘surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy to keep the cancer under control,’ was given just two years to live, and was told that her ‘tumour will return and kill me’.
She’s previously said the diagnosis left her ‘devastated’, coming when her son Jonah was just a year old.