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©The Brain Tumor Awareness Organization 2006-2008 Updated 4/2008
Text Box: National Oncologic Pet  Registry
Learn about coverage for PET scans

Text Box: In The News….
Text Box: Just Browsing….

Heads Up With Heroes-

Raising Awareness across the airwaves-

Matthew Zachary

Host of “The Stupid Cancer Show”

founder of

“I’m Too Young For This Cancer!

 

National Cancer Survivors Day

June 1st, 2008

 

The Patient Advocate Foundation’s

9th Annual Patient Congress

June 25-26, 2008

 

ABC, NBC and CBS UNITE

STAND UP TO CANCER

Airs on September 5, 2008 at

8 pm EST

 

“Young Adults With

Cancer and Creativity”

The Group Room hosted by

Selma Schimmel

 

Grey Ribbon Crusade

 

Text Box: LIVESTRONG Blog on Kennedy
and more….
Text Box: Please share your story, your links or  your support on our message board so that we may be an ongoing resource for specific tumor type information and link together individuals who share the same journey.
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Text Box: Lotsa Helping Hands
a private group calendar program
to coordinate caregiver support and volunteer assistance

Raise awareness-add this logo

to your signature.

 

Promising Brain Tumor Vaccine

featured on ABC News

Text Box: Learn about the
NINDS
The Brain Tumor Progress Review Group

Social Security Disability

Apply Online

 

Video Tutorial from

Social Security Applying for Benefits

and more….

Text Box: NBTF and BTS Join Forces
Text Box: Medicare and You

 

“Reality Charity”

a fundraising and philanthropy

internet community

Text Box: “Waiting Room Magazine”
the only magazine for 
young adults with cancer.

National Brain Tumor

Awareness Month

passes the House of Representatives

Thank your legislators!

 

U.S. Senate Hearing on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

Testimonies by Elizabeth Edwards, Lance Armstrong and Steve Case

 

Kennedy's surgeon viewed as

'thought leader'

 

Kennedy recovering; chemo,

radiation ahead

 

Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN  “House Call”

Inside Kennedy’s Condition

also features survivor stories

 

CNN’s “Empowered Patient”

gives you great internet links to

tools to understand your diagnosis

 

Duke featured in ABC News:

Therapy Uses Immune System to

Fight Brain Tumors

 

ABC News

Profile: Duke Medical Center

Dr. A. Wesley Burks

 

  

Definition of brain tumor:

The growth of abnormal cells in the tissues

of the brain. Brain tumors can be benign

(non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).

Estimated new cases and deaths from

brain and other nervous system tumors in

the United States in 2007:

New Cases: 20.500           

Deaths: 12,740

Source:NCI