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September Superstars Shine Bright During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Thank you for joining us throughout the month of September to honor and support children and families that have been affected by pediatric brain tumors, the leading cause of cancer-related death in children, as well as the most commonly diagnosed cancer in children 14 years old and younger. It’s clear the brain tumor community has […] September 30, 2019

Awareness Abounds: Inaugural Glioblastoma Awareness Day Moves & Inspires A week removed from the first-ever Glioblastoma Awareness Day (#GBMDay), the stories and experiences recounted last Wednesday, Jul 17, are still reverberating across the nation. As we said as the day drew to a close, the inaugural #GBMDay is a new beginning. Thanks to the brain tumor community’s fervent advocacy and action, #GBMDay became a […] July 24, 2019

Conversation Starters: Lisa O’Leary and Adam Hayden Discuss Their New Virtual Support Forum It’s hard to imagine there is anyone more committed to the brain tumor community than Adam Hayden or Lisa O’Leary. If you read this blog, follow social media conversations about brain tumors (#BTSM), attend Head to the Hill, or read cancer-focused publications, you’re likely already familiar with their names. They tweet; they post on Facebook […] June 24, 2019

Bay Area Brain Tumor Walk & UCSF: Celebrating 25 Years of Collaboration Last July, the National Brain Tumor Society marked the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 merger that brought together its legacy organizations — The Brain Tumor Society (TBTS) and the National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) — and created NBTS as it stands today. And on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Crissy Field in San Francisco, NBTS […] June 6, 2019

Guest Blog: My Son Has Brain Cancer My son has brain cancer. And while the rest of the world sees a kind, smart, always-smiling, makes-you-laugh-so-hard-wine-shoots-out-of-your-nose 30-year-old man, I see something else. I see the baby who smelled like warm buttered toast when he was curled up in my arms those first few months of his life. I see the toddler who carried […] May 13, 2019