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Sort Desciption: Every year, approximately 17,000 patients are diagnosed with cancer of the brain. ... to patients with primary cancer of the brain there are 80,000 more ...
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Every year, approximately 17,000 patients are diagnosed with cancer of the brain. For
children and adolescents these tumors are among the most common cancer-related causes
of death. However, most commonly affected are adults in their 5th decade of life. In this
population as many as 2 in 10,000 individuals are afflicted each year - a figure which has
risen over the last decades. Brain tumors are now the second fastest growing cause of
cancer death among those over the age of 65. Unlike lung cancer and melanoma, which
are the first and third on that list, there are no known lifestyle or behavioral changes that
will reduce the risk of developing a brain tumor.
High-grade gliomas account for over three-quarters of these tumors. As these tumors are
rare and therapies complicated to perform, patient care has shifted to tertiary care
facilities such as the Yale Brain Tumor Center able to provide multidisciplinary care
including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
In addition to patients with primary cancer of the brain there are 80,000 more diagnosed
with metastatic (or secondary) tumors that have spread to the brain from elsewhere in the
body. The Yale Brain Tumor Center provides not only the latest therapeutic approaches
to brain metastases but also gives patient access to a large number of subspecialists at the
Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center covering the whole spectrum of systemic cancer.
Office visits are coordinated in a way that minimizes the number of visits to New Haven
and the length of the overall stay. ...
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