Community Awareness BTFC's Community Awareness Program distributes pamphlets and materials to schools, libraries, health units and clinics that alert the public to the early warning signs and symptoms of brain tumors. Until a cure is found, early diagnosis and treatment provides the best chance for survival from this devastating disease. Each year, approximately 10,000 Canadians, babies, children and adults of all ages, are diagnosed with a brain tumor. Ten thousand new cases of primary or secondary brain tumors are diagnosed and treated in Canada each year. Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent or predict who will get this disease.
Continued research is needed to understand the mechanism of tumor generation, growth and treatment.
Since research on brain tumors depends on the availability of human brain tissues, particularly those 'freshly' frozen at the time of removal the Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada is committed to providing operational and long-term funding for the Brain Tumor Tissue Bank. Tumor specimens are given free of charge to qualified researchers in the hopes that some day the cause of, and cure for, brain tumors will be found.