Brain Cancer is an often-deadly disease, accounting for a fairly large fraction of the deaths attributed to cancer in general.  While many of the same treatment options exist for Brain Cancer (the primary treatments being chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery) , the way in which they are applied has to be done with much more precision and accuracy due to the complex organ these tumors endanger.  It is not uncommon for some patients to experience psychological side-effects, from both the tumor itself and the treatment used to cure it.  Brain damage, too, is an often feared outcome with all tumors.

About 80 percent of accounted brain tumors occur in adults between the ages of 50 and 60.  This doesn't rule out the occurance of brain tumors in younger people, however.  Statistically, tumors found in younger people often behave far differently from those found in older patients.  Research has yet to thoroughly confirm why this is.

Though the survival rates for those 45 years of age and under are about 60%, people today can expect to live up to five years after diagnosis.  (Given that it is, indeed, diagnosed at one point or another)

An estimated 359,000 people are living with diagnosed Brain Cancer in the United States.  About a third of them are expected to live.

Preventions?  Cell-phones have been proven to increase risk, due to the high RF emissions.

Also, minimize any contact with radiation or x-rays.  That's right, kids, step away from the microwave.