Statistics

• Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer deaths in children under 20
• Each year 3,400 new cases are diagnosed.
• 4 out of 10 children with a brain tumor will die within five years of diagnosis.
• Every day nine more children will be diagnosed.
• The cause of childhood brain tumors remains unknown.
• There are 120 different types of brain tumors making effective treatment extremely difficult.
• The overall survival rates are 60%, but the 5 year survival rate for a child with a malignant brain tumor is less than 40%.
• Many children who survive a brain tumor will be left with devastating long term effects.
• Early detection of brain tumors is difficult due to symptoms similar to more common childhood illnesses
• Improving the outlook for children with brain tumors requires research into the causes of and better treatments for brain tumors.