"Road to Early Detection" Campaign Travels to Brooklyn NY

WHEN:

Tuesday, November 13, 12:15pm - at MetroTech Plaza/Walk in front of MetroTech 5. Meet Bruce Ratner, NY area public officials, community representatives, the Brain Tumor Foundation (BTF) Board Chairman, as they address the need for early detection of brain tumors and other cancers.                                                        

BTF's Mobile MRI Unit begins a week-long visit to Brooklyn, NY offering free MRI brain scans to the public on Friday, November 9 – Friday, November 16.

WHERE:

BTF'S  Mobile MRI Unit – 70 Ft. Tractor Trailer Housing an MRI – will be parked in two different locations during the week-long visit.

- Friday, November 9 - Sunday, November 11^th at Fort Greene Place between Atlantic Avenue and Hanson Place Atlantic Terminal/Barclays Center.  

- Monday, November 12th - Friday, November 16th at MetroTech Plaza/Walk alongside Metrotech 5.

WHAT:

BTF brings its nationwide initiative, Road To Early Detection – Sponsor-A-City Campaign to Brooklyn, NY. BTF's groundbreaking project was launched in 2008 to provide early detection of brain tumors. The Brooklyn visit is sponsored by the Michael D. Ratner Center for the Early Detection of Cancer. Bruce Ratner established the center in memory of his brother, Michael, who passed away in 2016. Bruce has since worked together with BTF to help advance the campaign for the early detection of brain tumors. 

Brain scan data gathered through BTF's initiative will be analyzed by experts at Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School of Public Health in NYC in conjunction with Weill Cornell and NY Presbyterian Hospital. The research component of this campaign may shed new light on the causes and sources of brain cancer and help make treatment more effective when caught early.

WHY:

Today, more than 800,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with a brain or central nervous system tumor. And over a million people are living with brain tumors that have yet to be detected. As much as 40% of all other cancers later develop a brain matastases.

Treating brain tumors while they are still small may significantly increase the chance of a cure and offer more treatment options. Early detection is the best insurance, today, that treatment will be effective and that more lives can be saved.

CONTACT:             

Gerry Napoli:

Ethan Schnur:

(o) 212-489-0600 x 221

(o) 212-489-0600 x 214

(c) 917-494-8068                                   

(c) 347-268-0099

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