Brain tumours in young men and women are the leading cause of cancer death in the UK, according to research. Surgeons operate on a brain tumour They kill more men under 45 and women under 35 than any other cancer, reveals Brain Tumour Research. And brain tumours have overtaken leukaemia as the biggest cancer killer of children in the UK, with the number of children dying from a brain tumour in 2007, up 33% on 2001. While overall mortality rates from cancer are falling despite an actual rise in cases, survival rates for brain tumour patients are getting worse. Former NI Secretary Mo Mowlam died of a... [read full story]
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