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Brain Tumor Survivor Advocates for Research Funding

7/26/2025

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After mistaking her memory problems for menopause, 52-year-old April Tate from Fife, Scotland, discovered she had a slow-growing meningioma brain tumor. Following successful stereotactic radiotherapy that shrank her tumor, she passionately champions funding for brain tumor research, highlighting the critical nature of her condition, even though it’s deemed benign.

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Story summary

After mistaking her memory problems for menopause, 52-year-old April Tate from Fife, Scotland, discovered she had a slow-growing meningioma brain tumor. Following successful stereotactic radiotherapy that shrank her tumor, she passionately champions funding for brain tumor research, highlighting the critical nature of her condition, even though it’s deemed benign.