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 (http://www.abta.org) featuring tumor, treatment and support information and resources for patients, families, caregivers and health care professionals.
- The Connections online support community (http://connections.abta.org).
- TrialConnect, a free clinical trial matching service (http://www.abtatrialconnect.org).
- MyCaringLink, an online caregiver support tool.
- National and regional meetings for patients and caregivers.
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