Asta Pratapaviciene has launched a GoFundMe campaign to fundraise for urgent treatment for her partner, who has recently been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer.
-- Asta Pratapaviciene has announced that she is calling for donations from both individuals in their community and from across the United Kingdom who may be willing to donate to her partner, Raimondas’, urgent treatment for glioblastoma, a devastating form of brain cancer which quickly destroys healthy cells.
More information is available at https://gofund.me/c11576b0
While rare—as few as 3.21 new cases per 100,000 people are diagnosed per year—glioblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer, and also one of the most devastating. As The Brain Tumour Charity recently reported, most glioblastoma patients will only live for 12 to 18 months following a diagnosis, with only 25% of patients surviving for more than a year, and less than 5% surviving for more than five.
What makes glioblastoma particularly devastating is not only its speed, but the fact that it typically does not respond to conventional cancer treatments like chemotherapy. Glioblastoma cells mutate rapidly, making them resistant to standard chemotherapeutic drugs. Additionally, the blood-brain barrier severely limits drug delivery to the tumour site, and because the tumour contains many types of cells, it is hard for one treatment to target all of them effectively.
In response, researchers are exploring a range of experimental therapies, including immunotherapy (like CAR T-cell treatment), tumour-treating fields (electrical fields that disrupt cancer cell division), and targeted gene therapies. However, these treatments are only offered privately due to their cost, complexity, and limited long-term data. Because the NHS prioritises proven, cost-effective interventions, it typically does not fund such cutting-edge therapies until they have gone through full regulatory approval and demonstrated broader clinical success.
What this means for Asta and Raimondas is that hope exists, but it comes with a price tag they cannot afford. That’s why Asta has called her new GoFundMe "You’re my only hope".
She said, “Raimondas is full of life, dreams, and love - and he’s not ready to give up. Neither am I. We’re asking for your kindness and support to help us afford this treatment. Every donation, no matter how small, will bring us closer to giving Raimondas a fighting chance.”
She added, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading and for any help you can give.”
Asta Pratapaviciene hopes that if Raimondas can be saved from this aggressive brain cancer by this new and experimental treatment, others can be too.
For more information, visit https://gofund.me/c11576b0
Contact Info:
Name: Asta Pratapaviciene
Email: Send Email
Organization: Asta Pratapaviciene
Address: 28 Gilbert Drive Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex SS16 6SP, United Kingdom
Website: https://gofund.me/c11576b0
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