American Brain Tumor Association
The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA), founded in 1973, was the first and is now the only national nonprofit organization in the United States dedicated to providing support services and programs to brain tumor patients and their families, as well as the funding of brain tumor research. The organization is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, at 8550 W Bryn Mawr Avenue. The group's two founders were mothers of children who died from brain tumors. Services The American Brain Tumor Association provides: A library of publications and resources covering general brain tumor information as well as tumor-specific and treatment-specific information Phone and email-based supportive care provided by a licensed health-care professionals. Funding for brain tumor research through a program that supports early career scientists and medical students, projects that transition laboratory science to actual patient treatment and care, discovery research, and data collection through the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States A website featuring tumor, treatment and support information and resources for patients, families, caregivers and health care professionals The Connections online support community TrialConnect, a free clinical trial matching service MyCaringLink, an online caregiver support tool National and regional meetings for patients and caregivers Mission As stated on their