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Go Gray in May

Come together for Brain Tumor Awareness Month, a time dedicated to supporting, empowering, and amplifying the voice of the brain tumor community.

Three Days. One Mission.

This May 5-7, join us in Washington, D.C., to raise funds and awareness for the brain tumor community. Walk or run in Race for Hope DC; connect with patients and caregivers from across the country; and meet with your representatives in Congress at Head to the Hill to advocate for patient-first policies and urgently needed funding for brain tumor research.

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Brain Tumors by the Numbers

94,390 AMERICANS

received a primary brain tumor diagnosis in 2023

35.7 PERCENT

is the five-year relative survival rate for patients with malignant brain tumors

18,870 AMERICANS

will die from a malignant brain tumor in 2024

Champion the need for breakthroughs — now.


Conquer and cure brain tumors — once and for all

We are working tirelessly to make real, tangible progress in the fight to conquer and cure brain tumors. This #GrayMay, take action to propel research and treatments forward.

Our community has always been our greatest strength. Together, we can change the status quo and transform the brain tumor landscape. Join thousands of others this month as we come together to raise funds and spread awareness to advance new treatments and improve the quality of patients’ lives.

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Connect During #GrayMay

#GrayMay is a time to come together to support the more than 1 million Americans who are estimated to be living with brain tumors and their care partners who are united by difference — each representing a unique point along the grayscale of the brain tumor experience.

Raise Awareness

Brain Tumor Awareness Month Proclamation

Congressional resolutions marking Brain Tumor Awareness Month were first passed by Congress in 2008. NBTS continues to work with our volunteer advocates each year to renew these calls for public awareness of brain tumors and to honor everyone who has faced this disease.

The resolutions serve as a commitment to every family who has lost someone and to every American who receives this frightening diagnosis that Congress continues to support research funding as the best means of advancing knowledge and treatment of all brain tumors.

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