The Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium highlights the stories and contributions of patient families, clinicians and researchers as part of “Collaborative Corner”. If you would like to share your story as a guest blogger, please email communications@cbttc.org Q&A with Brock Greene, Co-founder of Oligo Nation Foundation, and father of two sons who have experienced brain tumors.     (from left) Diana Greene, Spencer Greene, Brock Greene, Zach GreeneQ: Oligo Nation is made up of families and friends of individuals who have experienced Oligodendroglioma. What is your family’s connection ..read more

The Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium highlights the stories and contributions of patient families, clinicians and researchers as part of “Collaborative Corner”. If you would like to share your story as a guest blogger, please email communications@cbttc.org   Q&A with Monica Angel, Co-Founder, Executive Director of the Cure Kids Cancer Now! Foundation   Q: Cure Kids’ Cancer Now! was founded in honor of your daughter, Emmi Grace Angel. Can you tell us a little about her? Monica Angel (MA): She laughed the most infectious and beautiful belly laugh that sounded as if it should be comin ..read more

According to the World Health Organization, over 300,000 children and adolescents under the age of 20 are diagnosed with cancer worldwide each year. In the United States, an average of 1 in every 285 children will develop cancer before the age of 20. While overall progress has been made, both nationally and internationally, brain tumors remain a leading cause of disease-related death for children and young adults. While  the last several decades have seen transformative advances in biomedical research, there has been very little progress made in successfully treating and curing pediatric brain ..read more

To view this announcement from the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research, visit https://proteomics.cancer.gov/news_and_announcements/proteomic-dataset-release-cptac-and-cbttc-collaborative-pediatric-brain-tumor July 2, 2019 While it’s a common misconception that all tumors in the brain are the same, there are more than 120 subtypes of brain cancers with very diverse features and diagnosis. In children, brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death, with many tumor types lacking a standard of care. To date, the main tools used to advance discover ..read more

To sign up to receive the CBTTC Quarterly Newsletter, including announcements and information from the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium, click here View this email in your browser MAY 2019 Welcome to the CBTTC’s New Quarterly Newsletter The Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium (CBTTC) is pleased to present our new quarterly newsletter to you, our partners in childhood brain cancer research. Since its launch in 2011, the CBTTC has grown into a multi-institutional and multi-national program driving open collaboration across pediatric research disciplines with the m ..read more