If you only had days to live, how would you spend them?

My first thought was, ‘who will look after my boys?'

Gian was building a busy, happy life with his two young sons when everything changed. What began as a health concern became a cancer diagnosis no one is ever prepared for: a high-grade glioblastoma – one of the deadliest cancers.

Suddenly, he was navigating appointments, tests and impossible decisions, all while trying to stay strong for his boys. The future he had imagined became uncertain, shaped by questions doctors still don’t always have answers to.

Like so many facing cancer, Gian is relying on research to bring better treatments and hope for his family’s future.

Right now, too many families are living with this uncertainty. With the right investment in research, we can change that, giving parents like Gian more time, more options, and more hope for what lies ahead. Will you help us?


"Every day you can still tell your sons you love them – it’s a day that matters."

"I don’t want to be the only one who survives brain cancer. I want it for everyone. Please donate to the research that can make it happen." - Gian, dad of two

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ACRF BRAIINSTORM has the potential to quickly catch up on decades of stalled research

Brain cancer like high-grade glioblastoma (HGG) are aggressive, hard to treat, and lethal. They rapidly take over the brain, leading to fast cognitive decline, physical impairment and death. 

Only 1 in 10 people diagnosed with glioblastoma will survive past five years, and HGG accounts for a significant percentage of childhood cancer mortality. 

Yet treatments and survival rates haven’t improved in 30 years. 

The ACRF BRAIINSTORM program is a landmark Australian initiative to fast-track the development of new therapies for high-grade glioblastoma. BRAIINSTORM stands for BRinging AI and Immunotherapy for Neuro-oncology together, using Screening, Therapies and Omics-based Research Models.

ACRF BRAIINSTORM could give patients new treatments within DAYS of their diagnosis. 

BRAIINSTORM can dramatically change outcomes for people with brain cancer. With your support, it could deliver:

New, targeted treatments for each person’s cancer.

You could help provide the advanced technology for a clean room laboratory where researchers manufacture immunotherapies for brain cancer. Multiple processes which formerly took weeks or months will all be done in one place, and rapidly. It means people with aggressive brain cancer can start precision treatments a few days after they’ve been diagnosed.

Fast testing, fast results, and fast alternatives.

These personalised treatments will make each patient the ‘phase zero’ for their own clinical trial. Doctors will be able to tell very quickly if a new therapy is working. If it’s not, researchers will go back to the lab and develop another option, again, very quickly. This speed is vital for patients who only have a short life expectancy. It’s speed that technology – and your generosity – can support.

A rapid improvement in survival odds.

By creating an end-to-end pipeline of new brain cancer treatments, and capturing valuable data and learnings along the way, ACRF BRAIINSTORM could put an end to 30 years of stagnation in brain cancer research. Most importantly, it will help extend the lives of people who face a grim prognosis and very little time.
“A sample from each patient’s tumor will be put through different processes and investigations in the lab – helping researchers create a bespoke, personalised treatment. Processes which used to take weeks are now possible in hours, thanks to the technology that ACRF will make available. It’s extraordinary.”
- Prof. Misty Jenkins AO

Most people die waiting for new brain cancer treatments. Will you help save their lives instead?

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