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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time to recognize, advocate for, and honor children who have been affected by pediatric brain cancer and the families that care for them. For every child with a brain tumor and their families, it’s time for a better chance.

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Upcoming Free Webinars: Make Informed Decisions About Your Treatment

This fall, join us for two free MyTumorID® webinars designed to help patients and caregivers learn about biomarker testing reports (Oct. 2) and enrolling in clinical trials (Oct. 23). Each session offers expert knowledge and resources to help you ask questions, get more information about your tumor, understand your treatment options, and make informed decisions. With MyTumorID, I decide.

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Be Part of the Breakthroughs Ahead

Fundraise for NBTS

Turn your fall traditions into progress! Get the entire family involved and host a cornhole tournament, hay rides, Gray Game, or online fundraiser this fall to advance research for children and families navigating a pediatric brain tumor diagnosis.

Take Action

This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, urge your elected officials to support the BRAIN Act, strengthen federal research funding, and preserve pediatric brain tumor eligibility for certain federal grants. Sign our action alert today to ensure Congress prioritizes our community’s most vulnerable patients.

Unite to Defeat Brain Tumors

Join the National Brain Tumor Society at an upcoming event in your community this fall to help raise critical funds and awareness for patients of all ages and their families. Together, we can accelerate progress toward better treatments and, ultimately, a cure. Learn more and register for an event near you today.

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About Brain Tumors

Information to help navigate your brain tumor experience

Signs & Symptoms

Most common signs and symptoms of brain tumors

Patient & Caregiver Toolkit

Tools and resources for every step of the health care journey

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“With MyTumorID, I Decide.”

Every brain tumor experience is unique, and every patient deserves a better chance at survival, a better chance at an adequate quality of life, and the best information available to understand options and make choices for their treatment. With resources from our MyTumorID public health campaign, learn how biomarker testing and clinical trials can help you make informed decisions about your or your loved one’s care.

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Biomarker testing is a way for your doctors to gather as much information as possible about your tumor.

Your biomarker testing results can help shed light on treatment options that may be available to you, including clinical trials.

When you know your tumor’s biomarkers and your treatment options, you can make informed decisions about what to do next. Discuss tumor ID options with your doctor to learn more.

A Community of Thousands United for One Cause

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2026 New York Brain Tumor Walk

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Oligodendroglioma Survivor Runs for Gray Nation Endurance® Team

In 2025, Josh B., an oligodendroglioma survivor, and his Unbreakable Brooks team raised nearly $32,000 to fuel breakthroughs ahead for the brain tumor community, running in the ASICS Falmouth Road Race with NBTS’s Gray Nation Endurance team. Having benefited from a clinical trial that NBTS had helped advance, Josh signed up to put meaning behind his miles and fundraise for a mission that greatly impacted his life and brain tumor experience.

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