OUR MISSION
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Fund is a Children's Hospital guild dedicated to funding research for curing kids with brain tumors. 100% of donations go directly to ground breaking research being done at the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle Washington, one of the preminent research facilities of it's kind in the world.
Previous Events
My Story
In January 2006, 3 year old Gabriel Rochefort was bombing down the ski slopes in Wyoming. Just a couple months later he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and was facing a challenge few can even comprehend. Check out Gabriel's and other kid's facing brain tumors inspirational stories.
PBTRF Partners with the Four Seasons Hotel on Run of Hope for pediatric brain tumor research!
Lace up your runners and join us for the inaugural Run of Hope! Every step you take will inspire hope for a child diagnosed with brain cancer. Check out the official Run Of Hope Seattle Site Here
Latest Research
Tumor Painting Revolutionizes Fight Against Cancer
SEATTLE July 15, 2007 A tumor paint developed by researchers at Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will help surgeons see where a tumor begins and ends more precisely by illuminating the cancerous cells. Read the complete story here. The PBTRF is a proud contributor to the tumor painting project at the Hutch, led by Dr. Jim Olson. Doctors and scientists are hopeful that these techniques will lead to more successful surgeries and treatments for brain tumors among many other cancers. The Tumor painting project was also recently featured in this November 2007 Time Magazine article and in this December 2007 article in Quest Magazine.
Read more about the The Children's Hospital Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Lab here.
Private Donations and Teamwork Lead To Tumor Painting
"Parents of our pediatric brain tumor patients decided on their own that federal institutions were not funding innovative research early enough, fast enough or well enough," Dr. Olson said. "These motivated parents have been actively raising money so that our lab can act immediately on good ideas. Without the private funding from patient families, we might not have tumor paint."