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Smarter Classification of Gliomas: NBTS Funded Research NBTS Associate Director of Scientific Operations, Jennifer Helfer, PhD, contributed to this post.  Following the 2014 Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting last November, we recapped how the scientific and medical field was moving toward a smarter classification for the many different types, and subtypes, of brain tumors. Here’s what we wrote at the time: Currently, gliomas by-and-large […] June 22, 2015

A Step Toward Identifying Risk Factors for Glioma In 2007, the National Brain Tumor Society provided funding for an international project to search for more clues to one of the biggest mysteries of brain tumors – what causes them to develop. This week, researchers from this project, dubbed the Gliogene Consortium, published preliminary results from their study, which suggest rare mutations in a […] December 15, 2014

Recently in Brain Tumor Research …A round-up of recent brain tumor research news April 11, 2014

Because of You: Closing Out a Fruitful 2013 in Brain Tumor Research The brain tumor community is dedicated to fighting one of the toughest battles imaginable. Thus we are all – from patients, to caregivers, to doctors, to scientists, to advocates – constantly looking forward to the next hurdle we have to jump on our mission toward a cure. Here at the National Brain Tumor Society, specifically, […] December 30, 2013

Brain Tumor Researcher Spotlight: Dr. David Louis Dr. David Louis, Pathologist-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, is an internationally recognized expert in brain tumor pathology and molecular genetics. With over 20 years of experience in the application of molecular diagnostics to glioma classification, he along with Dr. Gregory Cairncross (University of Calgary), […] October 8, 2013