Survivor Advocates for Improved Quality of Life as a Health Care Professional As a Patient Resource Coordinator at Henry Ford Hermelin Brain Tumor Center in Detroit, Nestelynn Gay works with patients to reduce or eliminate potential barriers to their care, assisting with transportation needs, financial resources, disability paperwork, and support groups. Her personal experience as a patient with a brain tumor in 2013 helps inform the work […] February 21, 2024
Exciting Results in Trial for Grade 2 Oligodendroglioma and Astrocytoma Patients Today, at the American Society for Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting positive results were presented from a large, international phase III clinical trial (INDIGO trial) of patients older than 12 with grade 2 IDH-mutated diffuse glioma. The results were also published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine. The trial evaluated whether a drug called […] June 5, 2023
World Class Hospitals Join DNA Damage Response Consortium to Bring Forward New Treatments for Adults and Children with Brain Cancer Researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, NYU, UCSF, and the University of Minnesota join National Brain Tumor Society and Yale-led Initiative Today, the National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS), in partnership with Yale Cancer Center, announced new partners for its DNA Damage Response Consortium. Joining the initiative are world-class experts in adult and pediatric neuro-oncology […] March 28, 2023
New Brain Tumor Clinical Trials: July- December 2022 It can be hard to keep track of new clinical trial opportunities opening across the United States. There are many clinical trials actively enrolling patients, and this report provides a summary of the studies that have recently opened or started for patients with a primary brain tumor*. Follow the hyperlink above to learn more about […] January 20, 2023
New Brain Tumor Clinical Trials: January – June 2022 It can be hard to keep track of new clinical trial opportunities opening across the United States. There are many clinical trials actively enrolling patients, and this report provides a summary of the studies that have recently opened or started for primary brain tumor patients*. To learn more about each trial, and to contact the […] July 5, 2022