The Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) is a charity formed in Newcastle by Mark and Kirralee Hughes following Mark’s diagnosis with Brain Cancer in 2014. The Mark Hughes Foundation’s mission is to raise much needed funds for research, to create awareness and support brain cancer patients and their families.
Brain cancer receives less than 5% of all federal gov. cancer research funding!
Approx 1200 Australians die of brain cancer each year
Brain cancer kills more children than any other disease
Thanks to you since 2014 Beanie for Brain Cancer campaign has raised >$10M
Brain cancer kills more Australians under 40 than any other cancer
Brain cancer survival rates have increased just 1% over the past 30 years
Only 2 in 10 people diagnosed with brain cancer will survive at least 5 years
1600/year, or about one person every five hours is diagnosed with brain cancer
Five highly innovative brain cancer research projects have received more than $725,000 in funding from the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) following a nationwide call-out and scientific review by experts in the field.
Bold ideas and creative collaboration are required in the quest to solve the riddle of brain cancer. Leading the call,...
The Liberal National Government is providing $5 million from the Australian Brain Cancer Mission to two leading oncology groups to...
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