1)    More than 600,000 people in the United States are currently living with a brain tumor—approximately 209 out of every 100,000 people. 2)    Senator Edward Kennedy, composer George Gershwin, film critic Gene Siskel, singer and actress Ethel Merman, Major League Baseball player Gary Carter, and Eleanor Mondale, daughter of former US Vice President Walter Mondale, all died [...]

First fully-integrated neurosurgical center of its kind in U.S. The trend toward integrated care and multi-disciplinary treatment continues to grow in the United States. That’s good news for glioblastoma brain cancer patients. Add Saint Thomas Hospital’s new Unity System to those medical centers that are taking an integrated approach with leading edge technologies such as [...]

Margaret Larson, award-winning journalist, news anchor, and host of KING 5 New Day NW, lost her brother-in-law to glioblastoma brain cancer and knows personally how brain cancer can strike suddenly and take so much. Brain cancer awareness and education is close to Margaret’s heart and we’re delighted that she has agreed to join us for the [...]

Here is a real life example of why The Elliott Foundation makes a huge impact on the lives of brain cancer patients, their families, and their caregivers. My name is Lynne Tran and I wanted to thank you for inviting me to UCSD medical center to meet Dr. Samtosh Kesari the Director of Neuro-Oncology and [...]

Radiation continues to be an effective method for treating glioblastoma brain tumors. Targeted treatments like the Gamma and Cyber Knife are amazing advancement. But the issue remains that radiation must pass through healthy brain tissue to reach the tumor, and patients can only tolerate small amounts before developing serious side effects. A group of researchers [...]