Know your brain cancer options

ClinicalTrials.gov

The official U.S. database for searching clinical trials by condition, location, and eligibility.

Clinical Trials

Patient Advocate Foundation

Case management and financial aid for patients facing insurance problems and barriers to care.

Financial Support

Alpheus Medical

Sound-based therapy combined with a drug as a cancer treatment option.

Treatment Options

American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA)

Education and support for people diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Support & Advocacy

California Protons Cancer Therapy Center (San Diego) - Dr. Carl Rossi

Proton radiation therapy in San Diego for patients whose treatment plan calls for treating tumors with radiation.

Treatment Options

Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition

A directory of organizations that help cancer patients manage the financial burden of treatment.

Financial Support

Cancer Legal Resource Center

Free, confidential help with the legal issues that come with a cancer diagnosis.

Legal Support

Canti.AI (database to identify experimental drugs, including off-label drugs)

A database of experimental and off-label drugs matched to a patient's disease profile.

Treatment Options

CareOncology

Integrative oncology designed to make primary treatment work better and lower the risk of recurrence.

Treatment Options

CERN Foundation

Research and patient support focused specifically on ependymoma.

Support & Advocacy

CHUV (Switzerland) (study at their center)

A Swiss center running studies that give patients access to personalized immune-based therapies.

Treatment Options

Cleveland Clinic Brain Tumor Center

Comprehensive care for brain tumors in one dedicated center.

Treatment Centers

Cordgenics ChemoID (chemo sensitivity)

Tests chemotherapy drugs directly on a patient's fresh tumor tissue to see which ones the cancer responds to.

Testing

Dana-Farber Neuro-Oncology

Brain tumor treatment from a center dedicated to neuro-oncology.

Treatment Centers

Dr. Will LaValley

Lab-informed complementary care built around each patient's primary cancer treatment.

Treatment Options

Duke Brain Tumor Center

Brain tumor treatment at Duke's Preston Robert Tisch center.

Treatment Centers

EmergingMed

Free clinical trial matching that helps cancer patients find trials relevant to them.

Clinical Trials

Ezra (full body scan for early detection)

Full body scanning services aimed at detecting cancer early, so decisions start from a clear picture.

Testing

Imerman Angels

Free one-on-one support matching patients with survivors of the same cancer.

Community · Support & Advocacy

Ivy Brain Tumor Center

Phase 0 clinical trials for patients with brain tumors.

Clinical Trials

Kiyatec (CLIA-certified, high-grade glioma brain cancer)

CLIA-certified drug response testing for high-grade glioma, run on the patient's own fresh tumor tissue.

Testing

MD Anderson Brain Tumor Center

A comprehensive program for brain tumor treatment.

Treatment Centers

Memorial Sloan Kettering Brain Tumor Center

Treatment for brain and spine tumors at a dedicated center.

Treatment Centers

Musella Foundation

Support and advocacy for brain tumor patients and their families.

Support & Advocacy

Nagourney Cancer Institute (CLIA-certified EVA/PCD, solid and hematologic tumors)

Applies drugs to a patient's fresh tumor tissue to show which options the cancer is likely to respond to before treatment begins.

Testing

Nagourney Cancer Institute/Metabolomycs

Studies cancer metabolism to find pathways that treatments can target.

Testing

National Brain Tumor Society

Research funding and advocacy dedicated to the brain tumor community.

Support & Advocacy

Novocure Patient Support

Financial assistance for patients using Optune.

Financial Support

Optune

Tumor Treating Fields therapy that uses electric fields to disrupt cancer cells in GBM.

Treatment Centers · Treatment Options

Pacific Neuroscience Institute

Personalized immune therapies for patients seeking treatment matched to their specific disease.

Treatment Options

ProCure Proton Therapy Center, New Jersey - Dr. Brian Chon

Proton radiation therapy in New Jersey for patients whose treatment plan calls for treating tumors with radiation.

Treatment Options

Protean Methylation

Methylation testing that helps classify a cancer and identify where a tumor started.

Diagnostics

SonALAsense

A treatment approach that pairs sound with a drug to target cancer.

Treatment Options

Stupid Cancer

Support and community for adolescents and young adults affected by cancer.

Support & Advocacy

UCSF Brain Tumor Center

Brain tumor treatment paired with active research at a dedicated center.

Treatment Centers