Survival rates for brain tumours remain poor

Around 290 malignant primary tumours of the brain are diagnosed every year, according to the latest figures from the National Cancer Registry.

The finding is contained in the latest Cancer Trends report, which also showed that between 1994 and 2012, there was an an average of 100 female and 137 male deaths from tumours of the brain and the central nervous system.

According to the statistical analysis, brain and central nervous system tumours have a younger age-profile than for many common cancers and brain tumours were more common in men than in women.