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    • Get help and support
      • Contact the TSA Support Line
        • Meet the TSA Support Line Advisers
        • TSA Support Line feedback form
      • Carer information and support
      • How to be referred to an NHS TSC clinic
        • Find a local NHS TSC clinic
      • TSA video hub
      • Access benefits and financial aid
        • TSA Support Fund
    • How TSC affects the body
      • Physical effects
        • Epilepsy
        • Brain
        • Heart
        • Lungs
        • Skin
        • Eyes
        • Kidneys
        • Other areas
      • Wider effects (TAND)
        • Intellectual ability
        • TSC-Associated Neuropsychiatric Disorders (TAND)
        • Sleep problems
  • Life with TSC
    • Living with TSC
      • TSC stories
      • New diagnosis
      • Living well
      • Siblings
      • Education
      • Employment
      • Housing
      • Holiday and leisure
    • TSC at different life stages
      • TSC and family planning
      • When TSC is suspected or diagnosed during pregnancy
      • Early years and childhood
      • Adolescents and transition to adult life
      • Women’s health
      • Adult life
      • Planning for end of life
      • Bereavement
  • For professionals
    • Professionals
      • Healthcare professionals
        • UK TSC clinical guidelines
        • Personal Child Health Record (Red book)
        • Advice on medicines
      • Social care professionals
      • Education professionals
    • TSC conferences
      • International TSC Research Conference 2021
    • Educational materials
      • TSA professional training courses
      • BMJ learning modules
  • Research
    • How we deliver research
      • Research governance and policies
      • Research strategy
      • Meet your research committee
      • Common questions about our research
    • TSA research
      • TSA-funded research
        • 2022 TANDem seed grant award round
      • TSC Research Volunteer Network
        • TS2000: Tracking TSC throughout life
        • BEE-PP project / BEE study
        • EDiTS study
        • CoIN study
        • The e-SNORE project
        • ACT in TSC trial
      • TSC research from other groups
      • Researchers in focus
    • TSC conferences
      • International TSC Research Conference 2021
        • ITSCRC 2021: Community recap
      • TSC Research Symposium 2020
  • Get involved
    • Our community events
      • Big Day 2025: Our biggest annual event
      • Outlook 2025: For adults mildly affected by TSC
      • TSA Together: Events by the TSC community, for the TSC community
      • TSA virtual and in-person events
    • Donate
      • Donate to the TSA
      • Regular Giving
      • Gift Aid
      • How your donations help
      • Corporate partnerships and giving
        • Give as you earn with payroll giving
        • Meet our corporate supporters
      • Give in remembrance or celebration
      • Leave a legacy
    • Fundraise
      • Fundraise for us
      • Challenge events
      • Fundraising resources
      • Ways to fundraise
      • TSA fundraising campaigns
        • Superhero Summer
        • TSA Dog Jog
        • Room to Breathe – Branching Out for the TSA
        • TSA Lottery
        • TCS London Marathon
      • Fundraising champions
    • Join the conversation
      • Join TSA Voices: Share views quickly and easily
      • Getting to know you: Our ongoing survey
      • Share your story or expertise
      • Community groups and other groups
  • About the TSA
    • Keep updated
      • Sign up to our e-newsletter and monthly magazine
      • News and campaigns
      • Sign up to receive TSA updates
    • About us
      • Mission and vision
      • Meet your team
      • History of the TSA
      • Annual reports
    • Contact us
      • Click here to talk to us
      • Update your information
  • Watch our new Tea & SCones for TSC 2016 video on YouTube

Watch our new Tea & SCones for TSC 2016 video on YouTube

Our new Tea & SCones for TSC 2016 video, starring the wonderful Collins family (Jessica, Josh, Oska, Ollie, and mum and dad, Victoria and Dale, as pictured below) from Cardiff, is now on our YouTube channel! Please click here to watch it. And if you are

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  • David Cropper – Hardmoors 110 for Sam

David Cropper – Hardmoors 110 for Sam

Fundraiser, David Cropper, is running 110 miles for the TSA. Friend to the Dale family, David has decided to run for their son Sam, who has TSC. He is running to support our #Fight4Treatment campaign and has already raised over £1000. Nick Dale, former Trustee

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  • Volunteers needed for Genetic Alliance UK ‘hidden costs’ study

Volunteers needed for Genetic Alliance UK ‘hidden costs’ study

Genetic Alliance UK are currently conducting the 'Hidden Costs' study - a study which is testing the feasibility of researching the costs associated with managing rare conditions. The research team are looking for volunteers to test a 'patient diary' over a period of 2-3 weeks.

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  • TRON study to open centre in Glasgow

TRON study to open centre in Glasgow

Researchers at Cardiff University are pleased to confirm that they will be opening a centre in Glasgow in June 2016 to aid recruitment to the TRON study. This may be of interest to our community in Scotland and Northern England that may have found it

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  • Everolimus prescribing policy (England)

Everolimus prescribing policy (England)

We are delighted to announce that NHS England have released the prescribing policy for the treatment of angiomyolipomas (AMLs) in patients with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.  Please find the policy statement at the bottom of this NHS England page: www.england.nhs.uk/comissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-b/b03  You can download the document here

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  • Newsflash – Great North Run places still available!!

Newsflash – Great North Run places still available!!

NEWSFLASH... Six places to take part in this September's Great North Run are still available to runners from across the UK who would like to complete this iconic event and help raise funds to fight TSC. With only a week to go before registration closes

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  • Calling All Budding Artists: Christmas Card Competition 2016

Calling All Budding Artists: Christmas Card Competition 2016

Are you under 16 years old and either have TSC or have someone in your family with TSC? Then why not grab your art gear, get creative and enter our Christmas card design competition? If you win, not only will you feature in our Christmas

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  • NHS England devastating U-turn on drug treatment for brain tumours

NHS England devastating U-turn on drug treatment for brain tumours

NHS England devastating U-turn on drug treatment for brain tumours Last year NHS England promised to develop an in year policy for the use of Everolimus to treat SEGA (brain TSC related tumours). This month, NHS England broke that promise and is saying this drug

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  • The Times publishes NHS consultants’ #Fight4Treatment protest letter

The Times publishes NHS consultants’ #Fight4Treatment protest letter

Here is the text in full of the letter published in today's The Times newspaper, in which NHS consultants express their shock and disappointment at NHS England's recent decision regarding the provision of Everolimus for inoperable SEGA tumours. Please take a few minutes to read

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  • Ava wins 2016 Christmas card design comp

Ava wins 2016 Christmas card design comp

  Today we are absolutely delighted to be able to announce the winner of this year’s children’s design a Christmas card competition... and it is four-and-a-half year old talented artist and big sister extraordinaire Ava Morgan, who lives in Bingley, Yorkshire. Ava's Mum Amy explains:

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