Here are some Facts about the Conference and Support Group Meeting
Diagnosis: Brain Tumor - You Are Not Alone
October 27, 2001
The video's for some of the sessions are online at http://www.virtualtrials.com/video.cfm courtesy of Al Musella.
We had 263 people register for the conference including those who registered at the conference.
We had 205 people at the conference, including speakers.
92 people registered for the Friday night support group meeting and 73 attended the meeting.
5 people from outside the US inquired about the conference and all had read about the conference on the internet, either on the BRAINTMR list or Al Musella’s website www.VirtualTrials.com .
36 people registered who are on the BRAINTMR list and 30 actually did attend the conference. 15 from BRAINTMR attended the support group.
People registered from 20 states and 16 states were represented at the conference. (See Table on Page 2)
The tumor types given when the people registered are listed on Page 3.
Registered and attended by State
State |
Registered |
Attended |
AZ |
2 |
2 |
CA |
2 |
2 |
CO |
1 |
1 |
CT |
14 |
14 |
DE |
4 |
2 |
FL |
2 |
2 |
GA |
1 |
1 |
IL |
1 |
0 |
MA |
8 |
7 |
MD |
2 |
2 |
NJ |
158 |
128 |
NY |
33 |
25 |
PA |
19 |
12 |
RI |
1 |
1 |
TX |
1 |
0 |
UT |
2 |
2 |
VA |
10 |
4 |
WA |
1 |
0 |
WY |
1 |
0 |
Totals |
263 |
205 |
Tumor Types Given By Attendees
Tumor Type |
Quantity |
| Acoustic Neuroma | 01 |
| Astrocytoma | 15 |
| Anaplastic Astrocytoma | 19 |
| AnaplasticOligo | 06 |
| Brainstem | 05 |
| Choroid Plexus Papilloma | 01 |
| CNS Lymphoma | 02 |
| Craniopharyngioma | 01 |
| Ependymoma | 02 |
| Ganglioglioma | 01 |
| Glioblastoma Multiforme | 40 |
| Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma | 05 |
| Meningioma | 36 |
| Meningial Hemangiopericytoma | 01 |
| Oligodendroglioma | 11 |
| OligoAstrocytoma | 08 |
| Optic Glioma | 01 |
| Pituitary Adenoma | 01 |
| Pontineglioma | 01 |
| Unknown | 14 |
| Healthcare Professionals and Speakers | 34 |