Do You Have a Question About Brain Cancer, Where Can You Go for Research Outside of Standard Protocol, Why Mapping of the Brain/Genetic Testing/Molecular Testing of Your Brain Tumor Tissue is VITAL, Would You Like To Share Your Brain Tumor Story?, Questions Treatment Options Available, 2^nd and 3^rd opinions, What Should I Know Prior to a Brain Tumor/Brain Cancer Diagnosis, etc.

For those of you who have had a loved one or a friend diagnosed with this disease, how many times did you wish there was someone else there who had gone down this path before that you could turn to.  Contact the CEF.  We’ve been down this path and we can help.

Why Support and/or Volunteer for the Chris Elliott Fund?

• We ask for your support so that we can continue to educate and raise awareness regarding brain cancer and treatment options (link to our donaton page).
• Our events support brain cancer research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute where we have helped fund six valuable research projects to date (include link to our general info. brochure and to the PDF’s that relate to this).  With your support, we can continue to fund exceptional brain cancer research and make amazing discoveries in this field.
• Brain cancer is a highly aggressive and incurable disease, often striking without warning and, with its short survival rate, it makes it difficult to conduct research and long-term clinical trials.
• Standard Protocol treatment only works for a period of time on 30% of patients.  By supporting our efforts to direct patients to large brain tumor centers  noted for their excellence in the U.S., such as the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, UCSF, MD Anderson, Duke, etc. and the Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment at Swedish here in Seattle (link to CABTT website), patients and their families can get the best care for their particular tumor’s molecular structure instead of standard protocol for all.
• Glioblastoma is especially difficult to treat because glial cells penetrate the brain, spreading like a spider web.  Even when the malignancy is cut away, cancer cells remain at the edges of the tumor bed and are virtually impossible to distinguish from normal brain tumor tissue.  Inevitably, they grow and the cancer returns.

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