National Brain Tumor Society advocates for public policies to improve treatment, research, and quality of life for brain tumor patients and caregivers.
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Tell your representatives why brain tumor issues matter to you and your community
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Urge your U.S. Senators and Congresspersons to support for medical research.
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Our message is: Maintain and even increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Programs
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How Congress Can Help- Important advances have recently been made in understanding brain tumors, including the genetic characterization of glioblastoma multiforme, one of the deadliest forms of brain tumor, but much work remains to be done before better therapies are available.
- There still remain daunting obstacles to the development of new treatments and there are no strategies for screening or early detection of brain tumors.
Congress can help fight brain tumors by increasing investment in the National Institutes for Health and National Cancer Institute, and by maintaining investment in the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program, a part of the Department of Defense. By increasing the amount of research on brain tumors, patients, caregivers, and all Americans will benefit from new therapies, and hopefully cures.
