The shocking facts about brain cancer
- 16,000 people in the UK are diagnosed each year with a brain tumour
- While the survival rate for many cancers is 50 – 90%, for brain tumours the survival rate is just 13 -15%
- 25% of all cancers spread to the brain
- Brain tumours kill more people under the age of 40 than any other cancer
- Brain tumours kill more women under the age of 35 than breast or any other cancer
- Brain tumours kill more women than cervical cancer
- Brain tumours kill more men under the age of 45 than prostate or any other cancer
- Each year there is a 4% increase in the incidence of brain tumours
- Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of UK children
- 33% more children died of a brain tumour in 2007 than 2001.
- Statistics show that brain tumours in children are increasing annually at a rate of 5 – 10%
- Brain tumours can afflict anyone and cannot be prevented because their cause is unknown
Despite these devastating facts
- Brain cancer research receives less than 1% of the national spend on cancer research in the UK
- Brain tumour research is so underfunded that in real terms it is over 12 years behind other cancers
- 5 year survival remains the same as it was 30 years ago.
OUR VISION IS SIMPLE: TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOME FOR BRAIN TUMOUR PATIENTS AND ULTIMATELY FIND A CURE FOR ALL TYPES OF BRAIN TUMOUR
