Odds of Living After Brain Cancer Surgery

With over 44,000 people diagnosed with primary brain tumors every year in the United States, there are numerous surgeries performed on a consistent basis. With technological advancements, survival rates from brain surgeries have risen over the course of recent history.

Prevalence

• Out of the roughly 44,000 brain tumors that are diagnosed each year, roughly half are malignant and half are benign. In 2000, there were approximately 360,000 survivors of brain tumors alive in the US.

History

• The oldest forms of known brain surgery evidence are from 7000 BC---found in France.

Five- Year Survival Rates

• Males and females with five-year survival rates after being diagnosed with a malignant tumor vary in age, ranging from around 50 percent for those 20- 44 years of age, to 24 percent for those 45 to 54 years old and around 11 percent for those aged 55 to 64, with the percentage decreasing with age.

Mortality

• It is estimated that there are approximately 13,000 deaths per year of the diagnosed 44,000 cases per year, from both malignant and benign tumors.