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All brain tumours are associated with significant sickness and death, even if they are benign. from shutterstock.com

Three charts on: brain cancer in Australia

Melinda Tea, University of South Australia and Stuart Pitson, University of South Australia

Why hasn’t there been an improvement in survival in the last 30 years for patients with brain cancers?
It’s estimated our cells will replicate 10,000 trillion times in our lifetime. Errors in this process can lead to cancer. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Why are we more likely to get cancer as we age?

Stuart Pitson, University of South Australia

Modern medicine is increasing our lifespan. But as we survive diseases and live longer, more of us are succumbing to cancer.
Glioblastomas are often resistant to the one type of drug that breaks the blood-brain barrier. HealthHub

Glioblastoma: why these brain cancers are so difficult to treat

Stuart Pitson, University of South Australia

Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer that has a very poor prognosis. Despite the current best therapies half its sufferers survive for 15 months and less than 5% are alive after 5 years.

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