Callipepper- Brain Cancer Awareness - Freebie- May

Go Gray in May. Here is a canvas print made especially for Brain Cancer Awareness Month (May) and it’s free. Please take a moment to remember those effected by brain tumors. Here are some facts:
•The five-year relative survival rate for all malignant brain tumor patients is only 36%
•Brain tumors are the most common solids cancer in people age 19 and younger in the U.S.
•Approximately 70% of all brain tumors are benign
•Approximately 30% of all brain tumors are malignant
13,657 children are estimated to be living with a primary brain tumor in the U.S.
For glioblastoma, the five-year relative survival rate is only 7.2% and the median survival rate is only eight months.
•An estimated 84,170 people will receive a primary brain tumor diagnosis in 2021
•Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death among children and adolescents under the age of 19
•An estimated 700,000 Americans are living with a primary brain tumor
More than any other cancer, brain tumors can have lasting and life-altering physical, cognitive, and psychological impacts on a patients’s life
Despite the number of brain tumors, and their devastating prognosis, there are only five FDA approved drugs - and one device - to treat brain tumors
Brain tumors represent the highest per-patient initial cost of care for any cancer group, with an annualized mean net cost of care approaching $150,000