Join NBTS’s campaign to raise awareness about the importance of biomarker testing and clinical trials for patients with brain tumors.
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Come together for Brain Tumor Awareness Month (BTAM), a time dedicated to supporting, empowering, and amplifying the voice of the brain tumor community. The brain tumor experience is full of extraordinary challenges and extraordinary hope — the gray area that falls in between is what drives us, unrelentingly, toward our mission of conquering and curing brain tumors, once and for all.
Join the National Brain Tumor Society in Washington, DC, for five days of raising funds and awareness. Rock out with David Cook at his annual benefit concert (May 2), explore DC with other members of the brain tumor community (May 3), walk or run in Race for Hope DC (May 4), attend in-person support groups (May 5), meet our staff, and advocate for better policies by sharing your story with your elected officials in Congress at Head to the Hill (May 4-6).
received a primary brain tumor diagnosis in 2023
is the five-year relative survival rate for patients with malignant brain tumors
will die from a malignant brain tumor in 2024
Champion the need for breakthroughs — now. Share quick, impactful stats about where we are in our mission to conquer and cure brain tumors, and inspire others to take action this month.
Share your story, amplify key information about brain tumors, and inspire others to take action.
We are working tirelessly to make real, tangible progress in the fight to conquer and cure brain tumors. This #GrayMay, register for an event in your area to propel research and treatments forward.
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You are not alone. Read stories about the shared challenges and hopes of people affected by brain tumors, including patients, caregivers, and loved ones. Here, you’ll also find news stories and research updates about NBTS’s work to make real, tangible progress in the fight to conquer and cure brain tumors.
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.
