Specific objectives include

• preparation of national guidelines for the treatment of patients with CNS tumors,
• establishment of the network of CSNA centers following CSNA guidelines in their clinical routine and research activities (biobanking, collection of clinical data) in neuro-oncology,
• facilitating the interaction of health care professionals and scientists with interest in neuro-oncology,
• supporting multidisciplinary cooperation of clinical and scientific teams involved in high-quality neuro-oncological research,
• managing and coordinating clinical and translation multicenter studies in neuro-oncology within the CSNA network in Czech Republic and abroad.

Currently, CSNA network is composed of 8 centers (Prague – Na Homolce Hospital, Prague - The Military University Hospital, Brno – Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Hradec Kralove – University Hospital, Olomouc – University Hospital, Ostrava – University Hospital, Plzen – University Hospital, Usti nad Labem – Masaryk Hospital) and 1 associated center (Ceske Budejovice – Hospital Ceske Budejovice). Within this network, approximately 600 patients are surgically treated for glioma per year.

Executive board

President
prof. Aleksi Šedo, MD, DSc.
First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
aleksi@cesnet.cz

Vice President
prof. Vladimír Beneš, MD, DSc.
The Military University Hospital, Prague

Vice President for Research
Assoc. Prof. Ondřej Slabý, PhD.
Masaryk University, CEITEC, Brno
ondrej.slaby@ceitec.muni.cz