Mary Ann retired as an advanced practice nurse, with a clinical focus on Alzheimer’s Diseases and dementia. She accompanied her son on his journey with diffuse midline glioma, and this
Even a pandemic couldn’t keep the brain tumor community from connecting and finding answers at the ABTA National Conference. This year, the ABTA’s preeminent conference was held in an all-virtual
Meet Wendy. She started a blog when she lost her voice after brain tumor surgery to remove an oligodendroglioma. And now, two years later, she’s using her blog to empower the brain tumor community.
What drives us to share our journey with a brain tumor diagnosis? The answer includes the physical and emotional benefits, and beyond. Dive deeper into this topic with the ABTA Patient Services Team and Steve, a nine-year brain tumor survivor.
The ABTA along with Co-Chair, Erin Dunbar, MD, Piedmont Brain Tumor Center, has designed a meeting to empower and equip newly diagnosed patients and caregivers with information and resources to make informed decisions throughout treatment and care.
This month’s MindMatters features raw stories that highlight the lives of brain tumor patients, caregivers and researchers touched by the ABTA. Get inspired and join the community striving for change with this unforgiving disease.
The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) persists in its mission, announcing today the investment of $368,000 towards 11 new research grants to foster innovation in diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors in adults and children.
Cell by cell, experiment after experiment, these three researchers—past ABTA research grant recipients—are leading their careers in brain tumor research because of the potential impact for brain tumor patients and their families.
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