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.
The two founders were mothers of children who died from brain tumors.
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