OpenPBTA: A New Collaborative Effort to Accelerate Discoveries Empowered by the Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas
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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…
Proteomic Dataset Release of the CPTAC and CBTTC Collaborative Pediatric Brain Tumor Pilot Study
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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…
CBTTC Quarterly Newsletter – May 2019
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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…
“Holidays & Hope” by The Kortney Rose Foundation
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Each month, the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium highlights the stories and contributions of patient families, clinicians and researchers in “Collaborative Corner” to find cures for pediatric brain tumors. If you would like to share your story as a guest blogger, please email communications@cbttc.org By Kristen Gillette, Founder/Executive Director, The Kortney Rose Foundation From November 28, 2018…
Giving Tuesday – Support the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium
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November 26th is Giving Tuesday, and we hope you’ll consider making a donation for the benefit of children with brain tumors. Your donation – however big or small – will enable groundbreaking research and clinical therapies that yield improved outcomes and alleviated suffering for children and their families the world over. See how your financial support…
Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium Launches First-of-Its-Kind Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas
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Today, the CBTTC announced the launch of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas, A dataset of more than 2,500 childhood brain tumor samples will be available to researchers within an open-access, collaborative and cloud-based environment PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10, 2018 — One of the world’s most comprehensive collections of childhood brain tumor data is now available to researchers…
“Milestones” by Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation
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Each month, the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium highlights the stories and contributions of patient families, clinicians and researchers in “Collaborative Corner” to find cures for pediatric brain tumors. If you would like to share your story as a guest blogger, please email communications@cbttc.org By Mary Brandle, Christopher’s mother, Secretary of Christopher Brandle Joy of…
“Four Pennies” by Swifty Foundation
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Each month, the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium highlights the stories and contributions of patient families, clinicians and researchers in “Collaborative Corner” to find cures for pediatric brain tumors. If you would like to share your story as a guest blogger, please email communications@cbttc.org By Patti Gustafson, Swifty Foundation Every long and difficult journey starts with…
“Kristen’s Story: A 30 Year Brain Tumor Survivor” by the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
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Each month, the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium highlights the stories and contributions of patient families, clinicians and researchers in “Collaborative Corner” to find cures for pediatric brain tumors. If you would like to share your story as a guest blogger, please email communications@cbttc.org Submitted by Gary Jaworski, PhD, President, Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation Kristen…
“What I’m Aware of In My 8th Year of Brain Cancer Awareness” by Dragon Master Foundation
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Each month, the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium highlights the stories and contributions of patient families, clinicians and researchers in “Collaborative Corner” to find cures for pediatric brain tumors. If you would like to share your story as a guest blogger, please email communications@cbttc.org By Amanda Haddock, President, Dragon Master Foundation It is Brain Tumor Awareness…