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Alarming Statistics Reveal

Brain Cancer receives less than

5% of all federal government cancer research funding!

there are over

100

different types of brain cancer

Brain cancer kills more Children than any other disease

Brain Cancer Suvival Rates have

Increased Just 1% over the past 30 years

Brain cancer kills more Australians under 40 than any other cancer

Approx

2000

1500

Australians are diagnosed with brain cancer each year

1 Person Every 5 hrs

is diagnosed with Brain Cancer

Only 2 in 10

People diagnosed with brain cancer will survive at least 5 years

Sources:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Cancer Data in Australia 2021 web report and supplementary data tables. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare & Australasian Association of Cancer Registries 2012. Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2012. Cancer series no. 74. Cat. no. CAN 70. Canberra: AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2012. ACIM (Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality) Books. Canberra: AIHW. The Cost of Cancer NSW – report by Access Economics, Australia wide, April 2007. NHMRC Funded Research Into Cancer And Other Malignant Neoplasms 2000 – 2014 (published and accessed 2015). NHMRC Sources: Extracted from NHMRC research databases RGMS/RMIS/GMS as at Mar 14

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Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children, and adults aged under 40 in Australia, yet alarmingly very little is known about brain cancer, its causes or how it is treated.

That’s why we need your help. Every dollar helps in the fight against brain cancer. Your donation will go towards vital research to improve patient treatments and, hopefully, find a cure one day.

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