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Article: Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure and National Brain Tumor Foundation Co-Fund Brain Cancer Genetics Research at UCSF; - Leading Researchers to Study Role of Genetics in Patient Survival -.
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- August 17, 2004
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BURLINGAME, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2) and the National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) announced today that the two non-profit organizations have joined together to fund a population-based study at the University of California, San Francisco, led by Margaret R. Wrensch, MPH, Ph.D. The goals of the study are to gain a better understanding of the development of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and variations in survival rates among patients diagnosed with this deadly form of brain cancer. ABC2 is dedicated to accelerating therapies leading to a cure for brain cancer and NBTF is dedicated to serving people whose lives ...