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Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF)

Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF)

New York City, New York, United States of America

The Children’s Tumor Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding and driving innovative research that will result in effective treatments for the millions of people worldwide living with neurofibromatosis (NF), a term for three distinct disorders: NF1, NF2, and schwannomatosis. NF causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body and may lead to blindness, deafness, bone abnormalities, disfigurement, learning disabilities, disabling pain, and cancer. NF affects 1 in every 3,000 births across all populations equally.

Mission:
Drive research, expand knowledge, and advance care for the NF community.

VIsion:
End NF.
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