Who is at risk for developing a brain tumour?
Brain tumours do not discriminate. Each year, approximately 10,000 people in Canada are diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumour, with an estimated 55,000 Canadians surviving with a brain tumour. Brain tumours are the leading cause of solid cancer death for children under the age of 20, and are the third leading cause of solid cancer death in young adults, ages 20-39. Brain tumours are also one of the fastest growing causes of cancer death in the elderly.
