National Brain Tumor Society Congratulates President-elect Joe Biden National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) offers our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. President-elect Biden, more so than any other president in U.S. history, personally understands the devastating nature of brain tumors following the loss of his son, Beau, to glioblastoma. He and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, care deeply about […] November 10, 2020
Build Me Up: Glioblastoma Caregiver Gets National Platform (Q&A) Corie Yutkin is a member of the NBTS Board of Directors, a long-time advocate, and a dedicated supporter of our vision to conquer and cure brain tumors – once and for all. Corie became involved with NBTS following her husband, Michael’s, glioblastoma diagnosis. Corie and Michael began participating in the Orange County Brain Tumor Walk […] August 25, 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
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
Glioblastoma Models Get Boost From Cutting-Edge Tech Laboratory models are the backbone of cancer research and the development of new medicines. Researchers use models to study the biology of tumors like glioblastoma (GBM), as well as for testing the potential safety and effectiveness of drugs in different tumor types. While today’s models for glioblastoma research are the best tools scientists have to […] February 19, 2020