Facts about Brain Cancer

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In 2022, an estimated 4,090 people in Pennsylvania will be diagnosed with a primary brain or other

central nervous system tumor. It is estimated that 1,210 of those cases will be malignant. Approximately 736 people from Pennsylvania die annually due to a brain or other central nervous

system tumor. Brain tumors change everything for a patient and their loved ones. They can significantly impact

quality of life, and they are often deadly. Brain tumors do not discriminate, afflicting people of all races and ethnicities. Despite the number of people diagnosed each year with a brain tumor, there are only five FDA-

approved drugs – and one device – available to treat brain tumors. Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death in children and young adults age 19 and

under in the United States. There has never been a treatment developed and approved specifically

for pediatric brain tumors.

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