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The Musella Foundation For Brain Tumor Research & Information is our lead beneficiary. The Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research & Information, Inc. is at the forefront in the fight against brain tumors. They strive to improve the lives of families dealing with brain cancer, by:

• Funding innovative and creative research, with a special emphasis on research that complements, rather than duplicates, the research funded by the federal government.
• Providing the most comprehensive and up to date information about brain tumor treatments to families dealing with brain tumors, including the largest video library of topics relating to brain tumors.
• Referrals to brain tumor centers and help finding clinical trials - including obtaining free scan reviews from some major brain tumor centers.
• Running online support groups
• Advocacy issues such as fighting Medicare decisions that deny treatments to our members
• The brain tumor virtual trial - the first patient registry of brain tumor patients, the treatments they choose to do and the outcome.
• Easy access for asking questions of their world renowned medical advisory board Virtualtrials.com statistics:
• Video Library: Over 12 gigabytes of video - over 200 presentations.
• On-line Support groups: We run 10 online support groups - the largest of which has over 1,500 participants
• Website has over 31,000 files, across 78 GB of disk space, not including video or log files.
• Over 3 million visits, from over 200 different countries to the website over the last 12 months

Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research
1100 Peninsula Boulevard
Hewlett, NY 11557
Phone: 888.295.4740/516.295.4740
Fax: 516.295.2870
musella@virtualtrials.com

MORE BENEFICIARIES

• International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA) is an alliance of the support, advocacy and information groups.
• Tug McGraw Foundation was established to raise funds for pioneering brain cancer research, increase public awareness of the disease, and support college students who exemplify leadership and Tug's inspiring "Ya Gotta Believe" spirit
• American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA), Not-for-profit and independent, serving individuals globally and award funds to researchers throughout the U.S. and Canada.
• The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the search for the cause and cure of childhood brain tumors.

Recognizing the importance of local and alumnus giving, and in our effort be unbiased in our efforts, we will also send funding to a variety of University Hospitals, Medical Research Facilities and Comprehensive Cancer Centers including:

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCLA)
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
• M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas
• University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
• Other credible groups that may be beneficiaries