COMPELLING BRAIN TUMOR FACTS*
Approximately 5.7% of all primary brain tumors occur in children and adolescents, ages 0-19 years
Brain tumors are the most common cancer in children and adolescents
Infants less than one year of age have the highest incidence of brain tumors of all children and adolescents
An estimated 5,230 new cases of primary brain tumors in children and adolescents will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2023
Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death among children and adolescents
It was estimated in 2009, that a total of 47,631.5 years of potential life were lost due to brain tumors in children and adolescents in the U.S.
* From the National Brain Tumor Society