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2017 Crystal Ball: The Neuro-Oncology Field Offers Predictions & Hopes For Advances In The New Year In 2016, the neuro-oncology field made significant progress toward better treatments, and ultimately a cure, for brain tumors – from new research projects launching, to important novel scientific discoveries, as well as public policy and advocacy victories in Congress and at the White House. So what should the brain tumor community hope for and expect, now, in 2017 ? We reached out to some […] January 17, 2017

SNO-CAP: Recapping Top News from the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) Annual Meeting AS has been custom since its founding, NBTS sponsors and attends the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) Annual Meeting. SNO is the top professional society for neuro-oncology research and clinical care globally. This yearly conference provides breaking news, analysis, and discussion of the emerging trends and latest scientific discoveries in the field of brain tumor research […] December 19, 2016

Glioblastomas Are Addicted to Cholesterol – Can Breaking Their Dependency Stop These Tumors? Quick Summary: Defeat GBM-funded research finds that depriving tumor cells of cholesterol may be a useful clinical strategy to treat glioblastoma The brain contains more cholesterol than any other organ, accounting for about 20% of the body’s total quantity of the molecule. When brain cells are healthy and functioning normally, the amount of cholesterol is tightly […] October 19, 2016

Guest Post: Battling Brain Cancers Through Genomics NOTE: This story originally appeared in Mayo Clinic’s Discovery’s Edge magazine. For the better part of a century, brain tumors have been judged by their appearance. Where a tumor was located, how much it spread, and what it looked like under the microscope all determined whether a patient was given a good or bad prognosis, […] October 12, 2016

Campaign Launches to Defeat the Deadliest Childhood Cancer A new capital campaign is set to resource a bold approach and major global R&D initiative to cure pediatric brain tumors WASHINGTON, D.C. & BOSTON, MA – National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS), the largest nonprofit dedicated to the brain tumor community in the United States, today announced the launch of new capital campaign that will […] September 12, 2016