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Facts about Brain Tumors & Brain Cancer

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  • In 2026, an estimated 108,810 people in the US (~4,000 in Pennsylvania) will be diagnosed with a primary brain or other central nervous system tumor.

  • It is estimated that over 26,710 of those cases will be malignant ( ~1,200 in PA).

  • Approximately 18,350 people from US (~800 from PA) die annually due to a brain tumors.

  • Brain tumors change everything for a patient and their loved ones. They can significantly impact quality of life, and the most common form of malignant brain tumors is a glioblastoma (GBM). 

  • The five year survival rate for someone with a GBM is 7% and median survival is 8 months!

  • 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 to treat brain tumors. There has not been a drug introduced for newly diagnosed GBM patients in over 25 years!

  • 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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THIS IS WHY THE JESS FIN FOUNDATION IS ALWAYS FUNDRAISING TO DO OUR PART

IN HELPING RAISE FUNDS FOR BRAIN TUMOR/CANCER RESEARCH!

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Head to the Hill for NBTS

Every year...

Jean Dalstad, as President of Jess Fin Foundation and Mom to Jess Finlayson, is an advocate for National Brain Tumor Society and joins others across the nation to Head to the Hill (Washington DC) to ask our congressmen/women and senators for additional funding and support of brain cancer research.


Please consider supporting us by donating to Jess Fin Foundation.

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