Facts and Figures
In 2004,about 35,000 Americans were diagnosed with a primary brain tumor, and another 150,000 patients with brain tumors that have spread from other parts of the body.
Brain cancer can arise at any age, but most patients are either younger than 12 or older than 40. According to a 2006 study on incidence and survival in the US:
“People in population subgroups at higher risk for brain cancer are the elderly, Caucasians, men, and those living in metropolitan counties… After 1987, the incidence of brain cancer in the US decreased at the rate of 0.44% per year.”
The cause for the decline in incidence was not determined, but this comes as a nice surprise, considering that the environment has never before been more toxic and polluted than it is today.
The study also failed to prove the myth that use of cellular phones causes brain cancer.