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1. May 13, 2019

   Guest Blog: My Son Has Brain Cancer.

   

   My son has brain cancer. And while the rest of the world sees a kind, smart, always-smiling, makes-you-laugh-so-hard-wine-shoots-out-of-your-nose 30-year-old man, I see something else. I see the baby who smelled like warm buttered toast when he was curled up in my arms those first few months of his life. I see the toddler who carried […]

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   Tags: brain cancer, brain tumor, Brain Tumor Awareness Month, brain tumor community, Community, Patient life, Treatment
2. May 10, 2019

   This Is Your House: Head to the Hill 2019

   

   We declared Brain Tumor Awareness Month 2019 as Brain Tumor ACTION Month (BTAM). As part of our effort to not only raise awareness, but to drive action that results in positive change for the brain tumor community, we themed the first week of BTAM as “Public Policy Advocacy Week” as we held our annual Head […]

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   Tags: advocacy, brain cancer, brain tumor, brain tumor advocacy, Brain Tumor Awareness Month, brain tumor community, BTAM, Cancer, childhood cancer, Community, Head to the Hill 2019, NCI, neurosurgery, NIH, pediatric brain tumor, pediatric cancer
3. May 1, 2019

   Brain Tumor ACTION Month 2019

   

   If you’re reading this, your life’s likely been touched by a brain tumor. You have experienced frank conversations about treatment options, changes to your life, and witnessed the firsthand the challenges that come with this disease. For some in our community, “awareness” is a given and the next question is, “how do we move forward?” […]

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   Tags: Brain Tumor Awareness Month, BTAM