About
BrainLife.org
In
loving memory of Elisabetta Mancini Camporeale
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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of BrainLife.org is dissemination of information. To reach this purpose we select and offer to patients, caregivers and medical/health professionals, updates in the field of brain tumor research and treatment.
The
places of origin are: peer-reviewed journals and medical
databases. Some meeting proceedings are included too. The
sources (abstracts, references and full-text articles) are
presented with
their original contents.
Information
regarding credentials and publication data are listed in each
source.
The
new website entries are collected in issues of the newsletters
Current
Neuro-Oncology and Neuro-Oncology
Reviews.
A
free E-mail
Alert Service allows
all visitors to BrainLife.org
to be
notified via e-mail when new issues go online.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Concetta De Cicco, M.D., Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano, Italy
Gaetano Finocchiaro, M.D., IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
†Felice Giangaspero, M.D., Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy
Giovanni Paganelli, M.D., Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano, Italy
Rhona Schreck, Ph.D., Cedars Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Antonio Silvani, M.D., Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta, Milano, Italy
Ben A. Williams, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (UCSD), CA, U.S.A.
EDITORS
CONTACTS
services@brainlife.org (Main Address)
webmaster@brainlife.org (Technical Support)
DISCLAIMER
It is
not the intention of BrainLife.org
to
provide specific medical advice but rather to provide users with
information to better understand their health and their diagnosed
disorders.
Specific
medical advice will not be provided, and BrainLife.org
urges
you to consult with a qualified physician for diagnosis and for
answers to your personal questions.
DISCLOSURE OF FUNDING SOURCES
BrainLife.org
is a
personal site with
no external sources of funds.
It does not accept advertising and
does not
ask donations. All
the
expenses are directly borne by the editors.
The editors
indicate no potential conflicts of interest.
The use of
BrainLife.org
is free
of charge.
PRIVACY
See the page: Privacy policy
FORMER WEBSITE
A first
collection of sources was initiated in December 1999 and a website
named "Glioblastoma
Database and Newsletter"
(http://members.xoom.alice.it/glioblastoma/) was founded.
BrainLife.org
became
fully operational on April 17, 2003.
Both
the websites were
jointly
designed by Elisabetta
and Giovanni Camporeale.
UPDATING PROCEDURE
The
website is continuously updated with peer-reviewed sources.
The
new entries are collected in issues of Current
Neuro-Oncology and
Neuro-Oncology
Reviews.
A
free E-mail
Alert Service allows
all visitors to BrainLife.org
to be
notified via e-mail when new issues go online.
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