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RESOURCES FOR GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME
American Brain Tumor Association
8550 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 550
Chicago, IL 60631
Tel: (847) 827-9910
Fax: (847) 827-9918
Tel: (800) 886-2282
American Childhood Cancer Organization
10920 Connecticut Ave., Suite A
Kensington, MD 20895
Tel: (301) 962-3520
Fax: (301) 962-3521
Tel: (800) 366-2223
American Cancer Society, Inc.
Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center
McLean Hospital
115 Mill Street
Belmont, MA 02178
Tel: (617) 855-2400
Fax: (617) 855-3199
Tel: (800) 272-4622
National Cancer Institute
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
274 Madison Avenue, Suite 1004
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 448-1595
Fax: (212) 448-1022
Tel: (866) 228-4673
Friends of Cancer Research
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center
P.O. Box 8126
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8126
Tel: (301) 251-4925
Fax: (301) 251-4911
Tel: (888) 205-2311
National Brain Tumor Society
124 Watertown Street, Suite 2D
Watertown, MA 02472
Tel: (617) 924-9997
Fax: (617) 924-9998
Tel: (800) 770-8287
Cancer Support Community
1050 17th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 659-9709
Fax: (202) 974-7999
Tel: (888) 793-9355
Causes of Glioblastoma
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For unknown reasons, GBM occurs more commonly in males. Most glioblastoma tumors appear to be sporadic, without any genetic predisposition. No links have been found between glioblastoma and smoking, consumption of cured meat, or electromagnetic fields. Alcohol consumption may be a possible risk factor.
Research About Glioblastoma
Treatments For Glioblastoma
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Many people believe the best approach to glioblastoma treatment is a comprehensive one, utilizing the most effective aspects of every treatment mode, including the latest drugs and surgery from conventional Western (allopathic) medicine to exotic botanicals and alternative healing.
The hallmark of brain tumors is their heterogeneity; every patient and every tumor is different. Presented here are treatment options which have helped a wide variety of glioblastoma patients.