Introduction to special issue dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the joint section on tumors.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Joint Section on Tumors was formed in December of 1984 as the first professional organization devoted to the study and treatment of brain tumors. One year earlier, the Journal of Neuro-Oncology had been established and went on to be sponsored by the Joint Section on Tumors. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Section, we are thrilled to bring you this special issue of Journal of Neuro-Oncology in which current leaders of the Joint Section on Tumors highlight their work and the work of others that have led to significant recent advances in the management of tumors of the central nervous system.