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Article: National Brain Tumor Foundation Supports 'Major Attack' on Brain Tumors.
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- December 12, 2000
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OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ --
The Brain Tumor Progress Review group (BTPRG) recently recommended that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) adopt a "concerted, interdisciplinary, and timely approach" to brain tumor research. According to the BTPRG, an expert panel made up of leading brain tumor researchers and patient advocates, "Recent advances in the clinic, as well as in neuroscience and cancer biology, make the present an opportune time for a major attack on brain tumors."
Libby Stevenson, a National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) board member and brain tumor survivor, was one of the ten advocates chosen to participate in this review group.
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