As you know, brain tumors have serious impacts on a patient’s quality of life, including impaired cognitive and motor functions. And, while the National Brain Tumor Society's primary goal is the discovery of a cure, we are also committed to supporting access to new treatments which help patients live longer and retain their quality of life.

As part of the Jumpstarting Brain Tumor Drug Development Coalition, we plan to deliver a report to key stakeholders including policymakers, drug manufacturers, researchers, and clinicians, about the brain tumor community's needs and concerns regarding the development of future treatments. To accurately represent your collective voices, please complete this brief, anonymous questionnaire.

If most children with cancer receive treatment through clinical trials…and the NCI pays for almost all of these through its cooperative groups…what happens when the NCI has to cut funding for the cooperative groups? Given our nation's almost universal social value in protecting children, these questions should be of great public concern. Read More

As a recent story from NPR noted, cancer research news during ASCO week comes out in a flood. Luckily, the National Brain Tumor Society’s staff PhDs were in attendance to help sort through all the announcements and highlight the most important reports for the brain tumor community. Read More