Family fundraises after mother's death from glioblastoma
Julie Baruksopulo died from glioblastoma. This brain cancer has a five-year survival rate of just 6.3 per cent.
Julie Baruksopulo was a healthy 68-year-old. Memory problems worried her.
She saw a doctor. Scans found a five-centimetre tumour.
Glioblastoma, an aggressive and fast-growing brain cancer, was the diagnosis. Over 2000 Australians get a brain cancer diagnosis each year.
Glioblastoma carries a five-year survival rate of just 6.3 per cent. Julie died in March 2026, less than 18 months after diagnosis.
Her daughter Elke Gane and family will walk in Wollongong's Walk4BrainCancer event on October 18. The walk honours Julie's memory.
It raises funds for research into better treatments and clinical trials.
- 68 years old
- Julie's age at diagnosis
- Five centimetres
- Tumour size
- 6.3 per cent
- Glioblastoma five-year survival rate
- Over 2000
- Australian brain cancer diagnoses yearly
Why it mattersGlioblastoma is very hard to survive. Fundraising speeds up research into treatments that could give future patients better odds.
AustraliaOver 2,000 Australians are diagnosed with brain cancer each year. The Wollongong walk raises money for the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation to improve survival rates.
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