Project Description
Updates from the CBTP Lab
The lab team at the Children’s Brain Tumor Project is working at an unprecedented pace in order to advance cures. Our team is focused on two strategic paths forward: (1) basic research toward breakthrough discoveries, and (2) translational research that will enable us to bring those discoveries to clinic.
2025 Marathon Team Breaks Record
November 11, 2025 - TCS New York City Marathon team breaks fundraising record for the Children's Brain Tumor Project.
“No Laughing Matter” Raises $750,000
October 31, 2025 - Seventh annual comedy night fundraiser honoring Nancy Goodman raised more than $750,000 for the CBTP Lab.
Long-Standing Consortium, PBTC, Loses Federal Funding
August 28, 2025 - The New York Times reported that the National Cancer Institute will end funding for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) — a network that has led groundbreaking early-phase clinical trials for children with brain tumors since 1999.
Dr. Andrew Garton Co-Authors Paper in Neuro-Oncology Advances
August 11, 2025 - New findings on DIPG disease progression published in Neurooncology Advances.
“No Laughing Matter” is October 14
August 2, 2025 - Seventh annual comedy night fundraiser honoring Nancy Goodman will be held Tuesday, October 14, at the New York Athletic Club.
Family Council Meeting 2025
April 24 - Announcing the 2025 annual Family Council Meeting on Monday, June 2. If you have been impacted by a pediatric brain tumor diagnosis and interested in research updates, we hope you will join us!