Brain tumors are the leading cause of death from childhood cancers among persons up to 19 years old (1)
3,200 new childhood primary malignant and non malignant and central nervous systems tumors are expected to be diagnosed in 2004. Of those, 2,450 will be in children under the age of 15 (2)
In 2004 it is anticipated that there will be 12.690 deaths due to primary malignant brain tumors (3)
Brain tumors are the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in males ages 20-39
Brain tumors are the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women ages 20-39
359,000 is the estimated number of people living with a diagnosis of a brain tumor in the United States in the year 2000
Brain tumors affect people from all walks of life. They do not care what color your skin is, how old you are, or how much money you made last year
Five year survival rates are a mere 27.9% in males and 30.1% in females (4)
The ten year survival rate is even more shocking
"Every day, an estimated fifty adults are diagnosed with a brain tumor
and more than two-thousand children annually.
Only a startling 33% of patients diagnosed with brain cancer will survive five years
...a statistic we CAN and MUST change!"
References: 1. NCI/PRG, http://prg.nci.nih.gov/brain/pediatrics.html 2. CBTRUS 1997-2001 Data 3. Cancer Facts & Figures 2004. American Cancer Society, Inc., Surveillance Research, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004 4. Estimated by CBTRUS using Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program public use CD-ROM (1973-2001). National Cancer Institute, DCPC, Surveillance Program, Cancer Statistics Branch, issued April 2004, based on the November 2003 submission.
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