IBTA magazine: We are reasonably confident that copies of the IBTA's "Brain Tumour" magazine have now been distributed to recipients in the 106 countries where we have contacts, with Spain and Australia being the last countries to be covered; however, if you have not received a copy by now please go to this link and complete the on-line form. Reaction to the 2012 magazine has been encouraging. See this link for readers' comments.

800 copies were distributed at the very successful ISPNO (International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology) conference held recently in Toronto, Canada. The 602 research abstracts presented to ISPNO have been published under 18 categories in a supplement to the June issue of the journal Neuro-Oncology and for the idly curious here is a link to over 100 photographs taken at the conference by the official photographer.

Experimental furore: A large amount of publicity has been generated by a case in the USA involving two UC Davis neurosurgeons who introduced pathogenic bacteria into the craniotomy wounds of several brain tumour patients as part of an experiment. The story in the Sacramento Bee newspaper appears to be the most extensive report and this is a link to a video of a news report about the case. Even Nature magazine bought into the debate. The Chair of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) appears to have played an important pro-active role and the episode is a salutary reminder of the need for appropriate review and oversight of clinical research, not just by members of an IRB, but also of the need to involve patient advocate representatives relevant to the area of research.

Visas Tarptautinės sergančiųjų galvos smegenų augliais asociacijos 2012 m. liepos mėn. naujienas anglų kalba rasite čia.

Šaltinis: www.theibta.org