Web Resources
Brain Tumor Research Centers
Annette Strauss Neuro-oncology Center - The University of Texas Medical Center at Dallas:
Our researchers are actively involved in exploring new
possibilities of utilizing new treatment modalities in the fight against central
nervous system tumors. An obstacle in the development of successful therapies
for brain tumors is our lack of understanding of the underlying etiology of
this disease process. Furthermore, our understanding of the mechanism of action
of various therapeutic modalities including radiation therapy and chemotherapy
remains sketchy. To help answer these and other key questions arising in
clinical practice, our scientists have developed animal models.
http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/neuro%5Foncology/basic_science_page.htm
Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre
The BTRC (at The Hospital for Sick
Children in Toronto Canada) fosters excellence in brain tumor research,
amalgamating the expertise of scientists, clinician investigators, and
physicians in a virtual laboratory environment at the University of Toronto. The primary objective of the BTRC is to "cure" children and adults
harboring brain tumors. A secondary objective is, more realistically, to
achieve far greater and more predictable clinical control of brain tumors.
http://www.sickkids.on.ca/btrc/default.asp
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Dr. Rolando F. Del Maestro is the Clinical Director of the
MNI’s Brain Tumour Research Centre. His research focuses on the
invasiveness of malignant glial cells. Malignant glial tumours are complex
cellular microenvironments containing one large localized aggregation of tumour
cells and smaller subpopulations of invading tumour cells distant from the main
tumour mass. Failure to control these subpopulations of invading tumour cells
may be the key reason for local and distant recurrence after radical resection
and may contribute substantially to the failure of other modalities of
treatment such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/btrc.html
