Brain tumours affect people of all ages. There are almost 1,400 new cases of malignant brain tumours in Australia and many more benign brain tumours that can be just as deadly if the tumour is in a vital area of the brain. More than 1,200 people die each year from malignant and benign brain tumours.

Brain tumours are generally named for the tissue in which they arise. Names of different types of brain tumours include: gliomas (astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, ependymomas and mixed cell type gliomas), meningiomas, medulloblastomas, chordomas glioblastomas and central nervous system lymphomas.

Brain Cancer Facts

·          Brain Cancer is the most underfunded and understudied of all cancers.
·          It can happen to anyone, at any age.
·          It is now the leading cause of cancer death in children.
·          It is the leading cause of cancer death under 40.
·          Only 25% of brain cancer patients will live for more than two years.
·          Almost 100% succumbing eventually.

The Sydney Neuro-Oncology Group  www.snog.org.au

The Cancer Council Victoria www.cancervic.org.au/about-cancer/cancer_types/brain_tumour/

Brain Tumour Alliance Australia
www.btaa.org.au

Lifeforce (Cancer Support Foundation)
www.lifeforce.org.au/index.html

James Crofts Hope Foundation
www.jamescroftshopefoundation.org.au