Brain tumor epidemiology [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Brain tumor epidemiology ======
Although [[brain tumor]]s occur less frequently than other forms of [[cancer]], they have one of the bleakest prognoses with low [[survival]] rates.



Each year, over 15 000 patients undergo resection of brain tumors in the [[United States]]
((Barker FG, Curry WT, Carter BS. Surgery for primary supratentorial brain tumors in the United States, 1988 to 2000: the effect of provider caseload and centralization of care. Neuro Oncol. 2005;7(1):49–63)).

The facts and statistics include brain and central nervous system tumors (including spinal cord, pituitary and pineal gland tumors). 

see The [[Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States]].

===== Incidence =====

[[Brain tumor]]s have an annual [[incidence]] of approximately 24000 new cases in the [[United States]], with the most common, [[glioblastoma]] (Glioblastoma), also being the most deadly.