4 Big Takeaways From the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology A move to a virtual platform didn’t diminish the quality of the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO), the yearly gathering of the world’s foremost brain tumor researchers and clinicians. As usual, the National Brain Tumor Society was a proud platinum sponsor of this important conference and deployed our own team of […] December 19, 2020
Sights & Sounds: Glioblastoma Awareness Day (#GBMDay) 2020 Perhaps Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director of the National Cancer Institute, summed up Glioblastoma (GBM) Awareness Day 2020 best when he said during NBTS’s Defeating GBM: A Virtual Town Hall event, “Events like this are really important to re-energize the community so we can join together and make progress in a disease that where progress has been […] July 23, 2020
The Rights of Brain Tumor Patients That Every Country Should Strive to Deliver On July 3, 2020, the National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS), along with more than 70 of our colleague organizations from across the international brain tumor community, welcomed the release of a new Brain Tumour Patients’ Charter of Rights. The document represents the perspective of brain tumor patients and caregivers and provides a set of standards […] July 7, 2020
From the CEOs Desk: Spring 2020 Update and Plans Dear NBTS Community, Shortly after reports of coronavirus outbreaks emerged across the country in early March, NBTS provided an update to our community detailing plans to move all of our activities and events scheduled through June 2020 to virtual platforms. While we were saddened by the thought of not being able to connect — a […] April 24, 2020
Introducing the NBTS Personalized Support and Navigation Program For years, the National Brain Tumor Society has offered our assistance to patients and caregivers who’ve reached out in need of support, guidance, and/or other resources to help navigate a brain tumor diagnosis and the subsequent treatment experience. While a number of sources for direct patient services exist for brain tumor patients, our new NBTS […] April 17, 2020