2024 CBTN Summit

Register today to attend the 2024 CBTN Summit on the AWS campus in Washington D.C.

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Mission

Mission: Our organization provides funding, lobbying and directed resources to develop better treatment protocols and a cure. We partner with government organizations, lawmakers, businesses, nonprofits, communities and children who share our goal.

backing research on

Brain Tumor Types

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Medulloblastoma

Medulloblastomas comprises the vast
majority of pediatric embryonal tumors
and by definition arise in the posterior
fossa, where they constitute approximat…
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Participants
35
Projects Supported
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High-Grade Glioma

High-grade Gliomas (HGG) or
astrocytomas in children nearly always
result in a dismal prognosis. Although
novel therapeutic approaches are curre…
348
Participants
63
Projects Supported
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Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid
Tumor

Central nervous system (CNS) atypical
teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a very
rare, fast-growing tumor of the brain and
spinal cord. It usually occurs in children …
100
Participants
13
Projects Supported
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Low-Grade Glioma

Low-Grade Gliomas also called
astrocytomas are the most common
cancer of the central nervous system in
children. They represent a heterogeneo…
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Participants
23
Projects Supported
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Ganglioglioma

Ganglioglioma presents during childhood
and into adulthood. It most commonly
arises in the cerebral cortex and is
associated with seizures, but also presen…
185
Participants
7
Projects Supported
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Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine
Glioma

A presumptive diagnosis of DIPG based on
classic imaging features, in the absence of
a histologic diagnosis, has been routinely
employed. Increasingly however, histolo…
136
Participants
31
Projects Supported
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Germinoma

Germinomas are the most common type
of CNS germ cell tumor and have a good
prognosis.Germ cells are special types of
cells that are present as the fetus (unbor…
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Participants
3
Projects Supported
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Nongerminomatous Germ Cell
Tumors

Primary CNS GCTs are a heterogeneous
group of neoplasms that are more
common in Japan and other Asian
countries than in North America and Eur…
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Participants
3
Projects Supported