Overview

• Interviews with patients found a recurring pattern of early signs being dismissed by both patients and GPs, contributing to delayed diagnosis.
• Reported early signs include word-finding difficulty, brain fog, one-sided numbness or tingling, visual disturbances, messy handwriting, personality changes, and headaches that can be constant for weeks.
• The team is evaluating cognitive function checks and blood-based liquid biopsies as primary-care aids for earlier identification and referral.
• Most listed symptoms usually have non-cancer causes, but clinicians advise seeking assessment if unusual changes persist or occur together.
• Coverage cites about 13,000 new UK cases and 5,500 deaths annually, notes poor survival for late-stage glioblastoma, and reports claims of rising incidence since the early 2000s.