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In 2008 more than 20,000 people will be diagnosed with
Glioblastoma; 500 right here, in our own backyard
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Glioblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer
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Glioblastoma is highly aggressive and destroys normal
brain tissue
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Glioblastoma remains highly resistant to existing
treatments
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Your support enables continued innovative and scientific
research efforts to help secure a cure
Glioblastoma is a killer
When you or a loved one is first diagnosed with brain cancer
you might feel overwhelmed. Our goal is to provide you
with a place to go where you can find information on Advocacy
& Awareness and Facts & Resources. We hope that you will
find these pages helpful and will check back often.
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Study suggests brain tumors need treatment with multiple
'targeted' drugs. Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute have shown that several, rather than just one,
cell-growth switches are simultaneously overactive in many
brain tumors and other solid tumors, explaining why treatment
with just a single "targeted" switch-blocking drug often
yields disappointing results.
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Each year in the United States, approximately 40,000 people
will be diagnosed with primary brain tumors, of which
nearly 20,000 are malignant. The most common and most
serious form of malignant brain tumor is glioblastoma
multiforme. In addition over 170,000 people each year
will be diagnosed with metastatic brain tumors (tumors that
have spread to the brain from a cancer elsewhere in the body).
Despite advances in treatment, the outcome is still poor and
we desperately need better therapies.
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