March 15, 2016: NBTS and a number of our volunteer advocates worked with leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives to officially request pediatric brain tumor research continue to be eligible for funding under the Department of Defense’s Peer Review Cancer Research Program. Read the full letter of request here.
June 13, 2014: National Brain Tumor Society responds to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s request for comments on their 21st Century Cures Initiative. The initiative will take a comprehensive look at what steps Congress can take to accelerate the pace of cures in America.
June 20, 2013: NBTS weighs in with the Appropriations committees in both the House and the Senate as they work on the Fiscal Year 2014 budget. In the letters, we ask the House and Senate Appropriations committee’s Defense subcommittees to continue to support the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Programs, which includes pediatric brain tumor funding. We also ask the House and Senate Labor, Health, and Human Services subcommittees of Appropriations to support critical research funded through the National Insittutes of Health (NIH), the largest funder of brain tumor research in the country.
