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   " Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40  than any other cancer but it gets just 1 per cent of the national spend on cancer research. That has to change – so I’m going to keep making a noise about it while I can." Thus writes Theo Burrell, who is struggling with glioblastoma, which she knows will indeed kill her, likely before she reaches her 38th birthday. Her story is, alas, not unique. You can read it here:  Antiques Roadshow’s Theo Burrell: ‘I’m 37 with terminal cancer – I’m grieving the future I’ll never have’ . In this case, an earlier diagnosis would not have prevented fatality, given the nature of the glioblastoma, but it would have allowed more time to say goodbye, to prepare, and to live without the pain that preceded the diagnosis for a very long time. For other Cancer Diary posts, click  HERE . Blog editor's note: As a memorial to Carl, and simply because it is truly needed, MSI Press is now hosting a web page,  Carl's Cancer Compendium ,

Several years ago, our audio book narrator suddenly found out that he had glioblastoma. We lost him immediately to audiobook production as the tumor took over more and more of his life. He left us less than a year later. He had no warning. Or did he? The following story sheds some light on his situation through a similar situation:  “Here’s How I Knew I Had a Brain Tumor”: One Survivor’s Story After a Common Complaint Became Too Much (msn.com) For other Cancer Diary posts, click  HERE . Blog editor's note: As a memorial to Carl, and simply because it is truly needed, MSI Press is now hosting a web page,  Carl's Cancer Compendium , as a one-stop starting point for all things cancer, to make it easier for those with cancer to find answers to questions that can otherwise take hours to track down on the Internet and/or from professionals. The CCC is expanded and updated weekly. As part of this effort, each week, on Monday, this blog will carry an informative, cancer-related story -