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The Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS) announces the publication of its latest statistical report, 2009-2010 CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2004-2006 (available online at www.cbtrus.org). Data collected by the National Program of Cancer Registries (CDC) and SEER (NCI) from 47 population-based cancer registries were analyzed resulting in an incidence rate of 18.71 cases per 100,000 person-years ...

Sontag Foundation Accepting Applications for $600,000 Brain Tumor Research Awards Application Deadline: Noon, Wednesday March 24, 2010 Applications are now being accepted for Distinguished Scientist Awards - The Sontag Foundation's four-year, $600,000 career development/brain tumor research grants. Eligible applicants must be within the first three years of their first independent faculty appointment at a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) academic, research, or medical institution within the United ...

The Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation is interested in funding projects on the leading edge whose primary objective is to accomplish one or more of the following in a 12-month project period starting no later than July 2010: 1. Enhance the output of a clinical trial for adults with GBM by performing correlative studies which significantly increase understanding of the biologic impact of a candidate therapeutic and/or interpretation of clinical response data. 2. Identify or validate ...

The 16th Neuro-Tumor Club Dinner Meeting will again take place during the AACR Annual Meeting, this time in Washington, DC. This meeting, for brain tumor researchers attending the AACR Annual Meeting, is organized by the Society for Neuro-Oncology. Monday April 19, 2010; 6:30 – 10:00pm, Washington Marriott at Metro Center, Washington, DC

The leadership of the Society for Neuro-Oncology and the SNO International Outreach Committee are pleased to announce that Dr. Yi Lin of China has been selected as the first SNO International Outreach Research Fellow.

This historic meeting, held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 22–24, 2009, was the first joint meeting between the Society for Neuro-Oncology and the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors. The meeting was a huge success, continuing the trend of years past with a record 600 abstracts presented and attendance of over 1,200 people.

Oxford Journals and SNO are pleased to announce a new publishing partnership. Starting with the 2010 volume year, the journal will increase in frequency to monthly publication and the lead-time from article acceptance to publication will be dramatically reduced.

UCSF Brain Tumor Stem Cell Grant to Drive Development of Novel Therapy A team of scientists representing 5 California-based institutions have received a grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to advance stem cell based strategies for treating brain tumors. The objective of the grant is to file a new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration within four years, driving a stem cell-associated therapy towards clinical trial. The ...

With heavy hearts, we regret to announce that Mike Traynor, President of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and co-founder of the Ride for Kids®, passed away on September 12, 2009, after a brief illness. He was 70. The SNO family and the entire neuro-oncology community mourns the loss of an extraordinary man.

I had the honor of presenting the SNO Lifetime Achievement Award to Charles Byron Wilson, M.D. on November 22, 2008. Unable to attend the presentation were two of our beloved past presidents, Ab Guha and Ed Shaw. Ab was hospitalized in California in preparation for a bone marrow transplant and Ed was home with his ill wife. I decided to put my presentation and some of the pictures I collected on the SNO website so they and others who either missed the presentation or wanted ...

The 2008 SNO Education Day, chaired by Patrick Wen from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, included a balance of updates on translational research, basic science and clinical care. It was held in parallel with a Quality of Life program chaired by Sherry Fox from the University of Virginia. The Education Day program attracted a large audience of over 500 registrants. The morning session, chaired by John DeGroot from MD Anderson Cancer Center, focused on the limitations of current ...

The 2008 Society for Neuro-Oncology Scientific Meeting held at the Loews Las Vegas Resort in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 21-23, 2008 was a huge success. The meeting, which drew a record number of abstracts (565, up 15% from 2007) and attendees (over 1200, an increase of over 33% from 2007!) began Thursday with an Education Day organized by Patrick Wen M.D. and Sherry Fox, Ph.D. The scientific program was organized by Michael Vogelbaum, M.D. Click here to read a recap of the ...