Neuro Oncology SOCIETY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Anyone in the

Neuro-Oncology SOCIETY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Anyone in the neuro-oncology profession may submit to the journal announcements of meetings, conferences, and funding opportunities of interest to colleagues. Please send announcements to Oliver Bögler, Ph.D. Department of Neurosurgery and Hermelin Brain Tumor Center 2799 West Grand Blvd. Detroit, MI 48202 Telephone: 313-916-7293 Fax: 425-732-8379 E-mail: societynews@soc-neuro-onc.org in 2004. CBTRUS currently provides histology-specific incidence data on all primary brain tumors. For additional information, please contact Gayle Clutter, Chairman of BTWG, at gcc6@cdc.gov or 770-4884570. NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION Grants Available The National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) is pleased to announce the availability of funds for neuroscience researchers. Since its founding, NBTF has awarded over $2.5 million in grants to researchers in both the United States and Canada. For more information about the NBTF grant program and to download an application, visit the NBTF Web site at www.braintumor.org. (Click on “research,” then “for the researcher,” then “Funding Available.”) BRAIN TUMOR WORKING GROUP Collection of Nonmalignant Brain Tumor Data The Brain Tumor Working Group (BTWG), a subcommittee of the National Coordinating Council for Cancer Surveillance, has been meeting to facilitate implementation of the collection of nonmalignant brain tumors by state and regional cancer registries. The Council, whose member organizations include NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program, the CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, provides a forum for discussion of issues affecting cancer registration in the United States. Representing the clinical community are SNO members Dr. Edward Laws, Dr. Roger McLendon, and Dr. Brad Pollock. Dr. McLendon, in collaboration with Dr. Janet Bruner and Dr. Steven Moore, has worked with SEER and the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS) to draft a site/histology validation list for all primary brain tumors. This list includes nonmalignant histologies from the sites proposed for inclusion during the Consensus Conference on Brain Tumor Definition for Registration (report in Neuro-Oncology 4:2, 134 –145, April 2002), held during the SNO 2000 Annual Meeting, and will be used as a tool for tumor registrars. The BTWG is working toward completing additional tasks needed for implementing data collection Help Raise Research Funds Grants Available The National Brain Tumor Foundation has developed the Angel Adventure to help raise research funds in cities across the country. Those who live in Orange County, California, Atlanta, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Denver, the San Francisco Bay Area, or the Washington, D.C., area and want to find out how to help or are interested in starting an Angel Adventure in their own community can contact NBTF at 800-934-2873. Help in the fight against brain tumors! Contact: Robert Tufel, MSW, MPH Director of Patient Services and Research Grants National Brain Tumor Foundation 414 Thirteenth Street, Suite 700 Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: 800-934-2873, Ext. 107 Fax: 510-839-9779 Web site: www.braintumor.org E-mail: tufel@braintumor.org 142 Neuro-Oncology I APRIL 2003 Announcements UPCOMING MEETINGS Hermelin Brain Tumor Center Symposium on Apoptosis April 4, 2003 A one-day symposium on the role of apoptosis in glioma will be held at the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. Attendance is free, but registration is required. Confirmed speakers include the following: Avi Ashkenazi, San Francisco; David Ashley, Melbourne; Simone Fulda, Ulm; Frank Furnari, San Diego; Marja Jäätelä, Copenhagen; Gerry Melino, Rome; Erwin Van Meir, Atlanta; Henning Walczak, Heidelberg; Michael Weller, Tübingen; and Eileen White, Durham. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.hermelinbraintumorcenter.org/apoptosis. Meeting Chair: Michael Weller Meeting Organizer: Oliver Bögler Fifteenth International Congress of Neuropathology September 14–18, 2003, Turin, Italy The Fifteenth International Congress of Neuropathology will be held at the Lingotto Conference Centre in Turin, Italy, in September 2003. For more information, please visit the Congress Web site at http://www.newtours.it/ICNP2003. Contact: Conference Manager & Organizing Secretariat Newtours S.p.A. Mr. Andrea Redditi Via San Donato 20 50127 Florence, Italy Telephone: +39-055-33611 Fax: +39-055-3361250 E-mail: ICNP2003@newtours.it Scientific Committee: Orso Bugiani, Chairman Ist. Neurologico Carlo Besta Milano, Italy Telephone: +39-02-2394249/260 Fax: +39-02-706-38217 E-mail: obugiani@istituo-besta.it Fifteenth International Conference on Brain Tumor Research and Therapy May 24–27, 2003, Sorrento, Italy The Fifteenth International Conference on Brain Tumor Research and Therapy will be held in Sorrento, Italy, in May. The abstract deadline is March 1, 2003. For more information, visit the conference Web site at www.braintumormeeting.org. Meeting Co-Chairs: Gaetano Finocchiaro and Darell D. Bigner Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) November 13–16, 2003, Keystone, Colorado The eighth annual meeting of the Society for NeuroOncology will be held in Keystone, Colorado. For more details, see the Call for Abstracts in this issue and the announcement on our Web site (http://neurooncology.mc.duke.edu). The Fifth Biennial Glioma Invasion Forum July 3–5, 2003, Montreal, Quebec The Fifth Biennial Glioma Invasion Forum will take place in the de Grandpré Communications Centre at the Brain Tumour Research Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Contact: Dr. Rolando Del Maestro, Clinical Director Brain Tumour Research Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Suite # 109 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4 Canada Telephone: 514-398-5791 Fax: 514-398-2811 E-mail: rdelmaestro@mni.mcgill.ca Web site: www.min.mcgill.ca/btrc/delmaestro Second Meeting of the Asian Society for Neuro-Oncology (ASNO) December 4–6, 2003, Jeju, Korea The second meeting of the Asian Society for NeuroOncology will be held in Jeju, Korea. Contact: Department of Neurosurgery Seoul National University Hospital Room #5602 28 Yongon-Dong Chongno-Ku Seoul 110-744, Korea Telephone: +82-2-760-2357 Fax: +82-2-744-2339 E-mail: hwnjung@snu.ac.kr Neuro-Oncology I APRIL 2003 143 Announcements Second Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology/EANO VI June 23–26, 2005, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Preliminary information on this meeting will be available in August 2003. Contact: Conference Secretariat EANO VI Federation of European Cancer Societies Avenue E. Mounier 83 B-1200 Brussels, Belgium Telephone: +32-(0)-2-775-02-01 Fax: +32-(0)-2-775-02-00 E-mail: EANO6@fecs.be Conference Venue: Edinburgh International Conference Centre The Exchange Edinburgh EHS 8EE United Kingdom www.eicc.co.uk Local Organiser: R. Grant 144 Neuro-Oncology I APRIL 2003