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Upcoming Events

Celebrate Life and Walk Away with a Motorcycle

04/11/2009- 07/11/2009 Starved Rock Harley-Davidson/Buell, 750 Centennial Drive, Ottawa, IL

Wright Flyers Bike Ride

06/14/2009- 09/30/2009 Yorktown, VA

4th Annual Kessler Boat Cruise

07/18/2009 Chicago, IL

4th Annual Teeing Up For Others

07/17/2009 Mallard Creek Golf Club, Columbia Station, OH

3rd Annual Fire Island 5K

08/09/2009 Ocean Bay Park, Fire Island, NY

10th Annual Vernon Hills Golf Outing

08/17/2009 Vernon Hills Golf Club, 291 Evergreen Drive, Vernon Hills, IL

12th Annual Justin Porter Walk

08/29/2009 Ringley Park, Coeburn, VA

7th Annual Mark Linder Walk for the Mind

09/26/2009 Peoria, IL

2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

10/11/2009 Grant Park

5th Annual Brain Games

11/21/2009 Westin Chicago River North, 320 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL

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Items of Interest

Spring-Summer Headlines Newsletter

In this issue:
The new age of personalized medicine, FDA grants accelerated approval for Avastin to treat GBMs, social security benefits and brain tumors, oligodendroglioma experts convene in Chicago, 9th Biennial ABTA Meeting for Patients/Survivors/Families, July 10-11, 2009, low grade astrocytomas, Having Fun Raising Funds.

July 10-11 Patient Meeting in Chicago

We invite you to join us at  ABTA's 9th biennial patient, family, and survivor meeting at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort, just 20 minutes north of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. This two day event will be a special opportunity for patients, family members and survivors to meet others, learn from renowned speakers in a relaxed resort environment, and attend a concert by David Bailey. Dinner, and the concert, are included with your meeting registration. View the program and speakers here...  

2009 ABTA Path to Progress 5K Run-Walk

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Path to Progress 5K Run-Walk on Saturday, April 25, 2009! Special congratulations to:

The top three 2009 Path to Progress fundraising teams (totals as of 4/27) -
Team Peej - $53,850
Team Survivor - $40,340
Ron’s Cruisers - $20,050

The 5K run winners -
Jeffrey Hojnack – 17 minutes, 36 seconds
Jeanne Peterson – 20 minutes, 45 seconds

View the full race results.

To date we have raised nearly $750,000 and donations are still coming in.  There was a total of 4,200 participants this year.  Keep checking back - we will continue to update the site.

View a video on the event by Path to Progress participant Steven Talbott.  Learn more about the Path to Progress.

Cell Phones and Brain Tumors

A new research review, "The Controversy about a Possible Relationship between Mobile Phone Use and Cancer," appears in the current issue of Environmental Health Journal. Read the review. While there is still no direct evidence that cell phones definitively cause brain tumors, researchers and physicians continue to debate a possible link. Read more about cell phones and brain tumors.

The Oligodendroglioma Roundtable

The American Brain Tumor Association convened a gathering of thirteen distinguished researchers in Chicago last month to determine strategic directions in the research funding of a rare brain tumor called oligodendroglioma. The ABTA/Jacobs Oligodendroglioma Roundtable discussion addressed the special challenges to progress in the the research and treatment of this small disease population.

Malignant Gliomas

Gliomas are any tumor that arises from the supportive tissues of the brain. This article is for those newly diagnosed with a high grade or malignant glioma.

New at the ABTA Site

Each month, we add news from the brain tumor community to this web site. Here is a quick preview of some of the most recent additions. 

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