© Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure One: Numbers of new cases and rates by age and sex, brain and other central nervous

© Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464

Figure One: Numbers of new cases and rates by age and sex, brain and other central nervous system cancers, UK 1998

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Figure Two: Main parts of the brain



Figure Three: European age-standardised incidence and mortality rates for brain and other central nervous system cancers, Great Britain 1979-2001



Figure Four (male): Age-specific incidence for male cancer of the brain and other central nervous system cancers, Great Britain, 1979-1998



Figure Four (female): Age-specific incidence for female cancer of the brain and other central nervous system cancers, Great Britain, 1979-1998



Table One: World Health Organisation Brain Tumour Classification System (WHO 2000) (Abridged and adapted)



Figure Five: Age-standardised incidence rate by deprivation category, cancer of the brain, England and Wales, 1991-93



Table Two: The more common syndromes associated with increased risk of brain tumour



Table Three: Molecular abnormalities in gliomas



Table Four: Initial symptom in 120 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma presenting to the neuro-oncology unit at the Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow



Table Five: Some catagories of patient with primary brain tumour who may not require immediate biopsy - most others require early pathological diagnosis



Figure Six: Five year relative survival by age for men and women diagnosed with brain cancer in 1991-93, England and Wales



Figure Seven: Five year survival rates for children with central nervous system cancers, Great Britain, 1962-1996 patients



Figure Eight: Numbers of deaths and rates by age and sex, brain and other central nervous system cancers, UK, 2001


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© Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure One: Numbers of new cases and rates by age and sex, brain and other central nervous