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| Confident: Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo. Photo: Quentin Jones |
World-renowned Australian neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has announced a 10-year global plan to find a cure for brain cancer.
He heads to Washington DC next week to address the US Congress and push for brain cancer research as part of President Barack Obama's initiative to map the human brain.
In 2010, Associate Professor Teo, the pioneer of minimally invasive keyhole surgery techniques, founded the Cure for Life Foundation, which is now the largest funder of brain cancer research in Australia.
On Thursday, he announced the intention of Cure for Life's Global Brain Exchange (GBX) to collaborate with US organisations to find a cure for brain cancer by 2023.
Professor Teo said GBX aims to sign agreements with US research bodies by the end of the year.
On May 10, he will address the US Congress as part of Brain Mapping Day.
''My job there is to impress upon them the need to fund brain cancer when they're funding brain mapping,'' he said.
''It kills more kids than any other cancer and has more financial impact on America and every other country than any other cancer.''
Professor Teo said Australian research institutions are working collaboratively on such work. He said the 10-year timeframe to cure brain cancer is realistic.
''When I was a medical student we were taught that 90 per cent of people with leukaemia would die and now we're taught exactly the opposite.''
About 1200 Australians die from brain cancer each year.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-beckons-for-man-with-a-plan-to-cure-brain-cancer-20130502-2ivr2.html#ixzz2SAx2ZZYo
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