Brain Tumour Alliance Australia (BTAA) was established in 2008 and is run by volunteers. BTAA aspires to be the national brain tumour support organisation, focussing on support for the brain tumour patient and their carers, and the oft-forgotten families of patients, which brain tumours affect.
BTAA is a not for profit organisation and supports patients with any brain tumour (neoplasm) affecting the central nervous system (CNS), which includes the meninges, brain, and spinal cord.
Paediatric and adult tumours, malignant and so-called benign tumours, and metastatic brain tumours are all supported. BTAA believes that brain tumours represent a neglected illness, which places enormous challenges on the patient and family and requires a unique response, and a much-increased research effort supported by the community and governments.
BTAA has a broad membership and subscriber database that includes health professionals and academics with a particular interest in brain tumours.
BTAA works closely with the International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA), including in its promotion of the annual International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, and the annual Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours.