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SNO is pleased to offer content from the 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington DC as part of an expanded benefit to the neuro-oncology commmunity. Selected slide presentations have been synched with their accompanying audio and are now available at no charge. Click on the title above for instructions on how to access this content.

SNO Launches International Neuro-Oncology Outreach Effort The Abhijit Guha Fund for International Neuro-Oncology Outreach is an initiative of the SNO Foundation designed to promote clinical and research activities in both pediatric and adult neuro-oncology in developing regions of the world. Click here to make a pledge today! The Need Brain tumors know no boundaries and in developing regions of ...

The Society for Neuro-Oncology is saddened to report the untimely death of one of its members, John Ohlfest Ph.D., from melanoma. John was a promising young investigator who, in his short career, had already made multiple contributions to the field of neuro-oncology. Known for his endless ambition and creative thinking, John designed new treatments for human and canine brain cancers, some of which are currently undergoing clinical trial. Having finished his graduate studies in only 3 ...

The Society for Neuro-Oncology and the editorial office of Neuro-Oncology are pleased to announce that Thomson's ISI Web of Knowledge Journal Citation Report has assigned Neuro-Oncology an ISI Impact Factor of 5.723 in its most recent ranking. Solidifying the journal's reputation as the leading journal in its field, this rating places Neuro-Oncology ahead of its direct peer neuro-oncology journals, establishing it as fifteenth among all ranked clinical neurology journals and twenty-second ...

The 18th Annual Neuro-Tumor Club Dinner Meeting was held during AACR in Chicago, IL, at the Allegro Hotel. The event was a great success with over 150 researchers in attendance. A full meeting summary is available by clicking on the headline above.

Researchers in the Reference Epigenome Mapping Consortium, part of the NIH Common Fund's Roadmap Epigenomics Program (http://commonfund.nih.gov/epigenomics), have begun creating a community resource of genome-wide epigenetic maps in a variety of human primary cell and tissue types. The data currently represent more than 100 samples including adult and fetal cells and tissues, and embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. The majority of reference epigenomes being generated contain ...

The Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS) announces the publication of its latest statistical report, 2009-2010 CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2004-2006 (available online at www.cbtrus.org). Data collected by the National Program of Cancer Registries (CDC) and SEER (NCI) from 47 population-based cancer registries were analyzed resulting in an incidence rate of 18.71 cases per 100,000 person-years ...