Information on Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
American Brain Tumor Association
www.abta.org
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
American Institute for Cancer Research:
www.aicr.org
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
www.cbtf.org
Children’s Oncology Group
www.childrensoncologygroup.org
National Brain Tumor Society
www.braintumor.org
National Cancer Institute, Childhood Brain Tumors
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/treatment/childhoodcancers
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
www.pbtfus.org
The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
www.childhoodbraintumor.org
Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium
www.pnoc.us
San Diego Blood Bank
www.sandiegobloodbank.org
Clinical Trials
Children’s Oncology Group
www.childrensoncologygroup.org
ClinicalTrials.gov (a service of the National Institutes of Health)
www.clinicaltrials.gov
Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium
www.vai.org/vari/research-areas/nmtrc
Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium
www.pnoc.us
Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
www.pbtc.org
Nutrition
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
www.eatright.org
Housing
Ronald McDonald House Charities
www.rmhcsd.org
Support Groups
Supersibs! For siblings ages 0-18 of a cancer patient. Families can sign up on the website, or Child Life Services can help with the referral.
www.supersibs.org
Yahoo Pediatric Brain Tumor Support Group
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Pediatricbraintumors
Wigs
Patti’s Pearls. Families can buy the wigs directly. Rady Children’s patients can get the full $200 reimbursement, and Child Life Services can help with that referral.
www.wigsbypattispearls.com