- 11/10/2008 - Welcome to our new website as the National Brain Tumor Society! We hope you find the information provided helpful. Over the coming weeks we will continue to make additions and improvements to the site. Please feel free to send us comments or feedback through our Contact Us form. »
- 6/30/2008 - NBTF and BTS Join Forces Watertown, Ma / San Francisco, CA – Two leading nonprofits have legally merged to form the largest organization that funds innovative brain tumor research and provides support services to patients and families. The new organization, National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS), will continue to work from both existing locations, just outside of Boston and in San Francisco. »
- 5/30/2008 - Legislators recognize National Brain Tumor Awareness Month U.S. House of Representatives passes resolution declaring the month of May as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. »
- 5/20/2008 - Senator Kennedy Diagnosed with Brain Tumor Brain tumor organizations send best wishes to Senator Kennedy »
- 4/23/2008 - Representative Jan Schakowsky Champions National Brain Tumor Awareness Month Representative Jan Schakowsky, joined by Representative Peter Roskam, introduced H Res 1124, a resolution urging recognition of National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. The resolution acknowledges the accomplishments of many brain tumor organizations in funding research and providing education and support services to brain tumor patients and their families. It also urges the Congress to designate each May as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month »
- 3/11/2008 - Brain Tumor Action Week, May 2008 Despite the efforts of some of the world’s finest researchers to develop better therapies, individuals who are diagnosed with brain tumors still do not have adequate treatment choices »
- 1/15/2008 - Honor Memorial Roll The work of the NBTF is enhanced and expanded through the generosity of our many donors. »
- 12/7/2007 - Recording for 12/4/07 Teleconference Now Available! Treatment Updates for Brain Tumors: A Program for Patients and Families featuring Henry Friedman, MD, Deputy Director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke »
- 12/6/2007 - Recording for 10/30/07 Teleconference Now Available! Caring for your Loved one from Far Away: Resources for Long Distance Caregivers featuring Donna Schempp, LCSW, Program Director, Family Caregiver Alliance »
- 9/4/2007 - NBTF Awards Record $1 Million in Grants for Brain Tumor Research San Francisco, CA (September 4, 2007) The National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF), a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to helping brain tumor patients and to funding medical research, awarded over $1,000,000 in research grants this year. This is the largest amount of money NBTF has granted since it began its research grant program in 1983 »
- 5/9/2007 - Impact of Brain Tumors Leaves Many Patients Financially Destitute SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 9, 2007 – A new study released by the National Brain Tumor Foundation, The Financial Impact of a Brain Tumor Diagnosis on Patients and Families, reveals that the financial impact for patients suffering from brain tumors is devastating and life-changing. The results of a yearlong survey of mostly middle-class patients and caregivers show conclusively that brain tumor-related expenses can force even educated, employed and well-insured patients to become financially destitute »
- 5/1/2007 - Brain Tumor Advocates Work to Increase Awareness The first week of May 2007, has special meaning for Poway resident Julie Hamill. That's the week brain tumor advocates across the country work to increase awareness and understanding of brain tumors. Activities are focused on raising awareness in local communities and with members of the United States Congress. »
- 4/30/2007 - Winning the War on Cancer? Brain Tumor Advocates Say No. Despite recent reports from the National Cancer Institute highlighting advances in the war against cancer, brain tumor patients still face a lack of effective treatment options. For those patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive of all brain tumors, survival statistics have changed little over the past 15 years. Over 97% will die from their disease within 5 years. And for many diagnosed with other kinds of brain tumors, the treatment outlook is also grim. »
- 4/16/2007 - Advanced Treatment Options for Brain Tumor Patients WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 15, 2007 – More than 200,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor each year*. As the need for more effective treatment increases, so does research into improving treatment technology. Today, the National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) and The Tug McGraw Foundation partnered with BrainLAB and other medical leaders in the field of brain tumor treatment, to discuss the latest treatment options available and provide patients with the information they need to make the right choices with their physicians. »
- 6/30/2005 - Eight Philanthropic Organizations Unite to Defeat Brain Cancer Today, in an unprecedented collaboration among private funding organizations throughout North America, eight organizations announced they are jointly requesting proposals for new ways to develop effective treatments for children and adults diagnosed with brain tumors. »
- 10/27/2004 - Help for Caregivers of Brain Tumor Patients Residents of Central and Southwestern Virginia caring for loved ones with brain tumors at home will have an opportunity to learn critical caregiving skills at a unique series of workshops offered by the University of Virginia Health System in cooperation with the National Brain Tumor Foundation. »
- 8/11/2004 - Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure and National Brain Tumor Foundation Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC 2 ) and the National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) announced today that the two non-profit organizations have joined together to fund a population-based study at the University of California, San Francisco, led by Margaret R. Wrensch, MPH, Ph.D. The goals of the study are to gain a better understanding of the development of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and variations in survival rates among patients diagnosed with this deadly form of brain cancer. ABC 2 is dedicated to accelerating therapies leading to a cure for brain cancer and NBTF is dedicated to serving people whose lives are affected by brain tumors. »
- 6/12/2003 - Alameda Residents Join in the Fight Against Brain Tumors Three Alameda residents are making a difference in the fight against brain tumors. Stephen Lanctot, Connie Farber, and Eugene "Duff" Raggio all serve on the Board of Directors of the National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) in Oakland. On Saturday, June 21 st , they will be joined at Pacific Bell Park by hundreds of other Bay Area residents for the 9th annual Angel Adventure®. »
- 5/7 Brain Tumor Patient Community Delivers Priorities to Congress: Invest in Research and Ensure Access to Oral Chemotherapy Head to the Hill 2012 »
- In memory of Dianne Traynor, co-founder of Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation In memory of Dianne Traynor »
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