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The Fall/Winter 2011 Headlines is now available.

In this issue:

• Companion Canines Advance Brain Tumor Research
• Patient-Family Meeting Provides Opportunities for Learning and Grown
• ABTA Events Expansion Plans for 2012

Click here to download the Fall/Winter 2011 Headlines.

Recent issues:

Spring/Summer 2011 Headlines
How ABTA-supported science is already changing the future of brain tumors, the often unmet needs of benign brain tumor patients and the passion and commitment behind the path to progress.

Fall/Winter 2010 Headlines
Will health care reform benefit brain tumors patients, biking for brain tumors, meet connections pen pals and having fun raising funds.

Spring/Summer 2010 Headlines
Integrative therapies may ease symptoms, starting a support group, and ABTA as patient advocates.

Fall/Winter 2009 Headlines
Advances in diagnostic imaging, clinical trials – advancing brain tumor care, communicating with your survivorship team, and 2009 event photos.
The Fall-Winter 2009 ABTA Headlines is now available.

Spring/Summer 2009 Headline News
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, low grade astrocytomas, Path to Progress photos and recap, and more.

Fall, 2008
Challenges to Optimal Care, First Impressions, Tips for Navigating the Health Insurance Maze, Interpreting the Research, Moving Research into Treatment - Metastatic Brain Tumors, Having Fun Raising Funds, Running for a Cure, ABTA Tributes, ABTA Holiday Cards & Gifts, Stay Updated

Summer, 2008
Science Supported by Love: 2008-2009 ABTA Research Awards, Research Awards, Moving Research into Treatment; Glioblastoma multiforme, Medulloblastoma, Meningioma, Oligodendroglioma and Oligoastrocytoma, The Neuro-Exam, Raising Funds & Raising Fun, Path to Progress - 2008, ABTA Tributes

Spring 2008
In this issue: The New World of Targeted Treatment (this article explores targeted drugs, immunotherapy vaccines, and gene/viral therapies); When You're Helping a Loved One: Caregiver Resources; Phytonutrients: Powerful Tools for Improving Your Health;  Save the Date for the Path to Progress 5K Walk/Run; Thank you to our patient meeting sponsors; ABTA and Facebook; Brain Tumor Action Week May 4-10; Stay Updated through free ABTA e-mail services; 52 wonderful events Raise Funds and Fun across the country for ABTA.

Fall, 2007
This issue highlights suggestions for Conquering Fatigue, Determining if Your Parents are Good Healthcare Consumers, Managing Workplace Challenges, announces David Bailey's Newest Albums, and 54 events held to benefit ABTA Research and Education programs.

Summer, 2007
In this issue: An introduction to today' biggest healthcare technology trend: Nanotechnology; a message from new ABTA President; an important update about ABTA's impact on brain tumor research; announcements of over $2 million dollars in research studies supported by ABTA donors; a glossary of terms to help you understand the research reported in this issue; and the 2007 ABTA Research Reception through the eyes of ABTA families.

Spring 2007
In this issue: Advice for Caregivers, the Gliogene Family Brain Tumor Study, Helping People Live Better through Occupational Therapy, Maintain Your Brain, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Questions and Answers About Seizures, The Year in Review, and thanks to 37 families who recently held volunteer events across the country. You’ll also find dates for the Path to Progress Run/Walk, Brain Tumor Awareness Week, the next Sharing Hope Patient meeting, and special appreciation to the sponsors who make our meetings possible.

Fall 2006
In this issue: What Causes a Brain Tumor; 5 Suggestions for Co-Survivors; Newly Diagnosed Malignant Glioms: What Patients and Their Families Need to Know; The FDA:  A Positive Shift Toward Access to New Drugs; Childhood Brain Tumor Survivor Study; Financial Issues: A Family Care Study; and stories of 42 very special events held to benefit brain tumor programs at ABTA.

Summer 2006
This special Research edition overviews the latest advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Tumors and explains ABTA research programs. Fellowships, grants, medical student programs, epidemiology research and several new intitiatives are discribed. This issue also describes studies into the growth of metastatic brain tumors -- those that begin as a cancer elsewhere in the body and move to the brain.

Spring 2006
Make the Most of Your Memory; 5 Suggestions for Evaluating a Healthcare Web Site; Answers to Your Healthy Eating Questions; Diagrams of the Brain; and How to Find a Support Group are all featured in the new, Spring 2006 issue of the MessageLine newsmagazine. You'll also find Tips for Vacation Planning; an update on the ABTA Brain Tumor Resource Centers; and inspiring stories of events held to benefit brain tumor research.

Fall 2005
Eating to Fight Your Tumor provides 7 easy tips to get you, and your family, back to nutritious eating that can help build your immune system; a timely guide to the new Medicare Drug Benefit; an overview of support options for you and your family; an update on the North American Brain Tumor Coalition; a thank-you, and pictures, from the Chicago Sharing Hope patient meeting; a collection of pictures and stories from the many dedicated, tireless people who held summer events to benefit brain tumor research programs at ABTA.

Summer 2005
"New Trends, New Treatments" explains the latest treatment advances-- Convection-Enhanced Delivery, New Imaging Techniques, Tissue Banking, Targeted Therapies, Biologic Therapies, and Changing Standards of Care. "Dispelling the Myths About Clinical Trials," responds to five of the more common misbeliefs about participating in a brain tumor clinical trial (research study). We also announce ABTA's simultaneous funding of thirty-one Basic Research Fellowships, four Translational and Project grants, nine Medical Student Summer Fellowships, commitments to SPORE research, quality of life, collaborative efforts and epidemiology initiatives, and we report on the research accomplished during our last funding period.

Spring 2005
Savvy Drug Shopping offers helpful tips to help you re-gain control of your medication expenses; Employment Rights for people with a brain tumor - and their families; Five Suggestions for Your Library; a Clinical Trial Update; our second ABTA Resource Center opening; highlights of ABTA Events held across the country for brain tumor research.

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