"While the overall rate of new cases has remained steady since 1990, deaths and disability from the disease have declined modestly, according to the findings. Mortality dropped by about 8 percent, and the overall burden of disease - measured in years of life lost or lived with disability - fell by 16 percent."
""The big headline for this study specifically is people are still getting CNS cancer at the same rate as 30 years ago, but fewer are dying and they're able to live a little bit longer even with the disease," Keshwani said."
"Primary brain and central nervous system cancers account for only a small fraction of all cancers in the United States - roughly 2 percent - but their impact is far from minor, said Ariz Keshwani, '21 BA, '22 MPH, a Feinberg medical student who was a co-author of the study."
In 2021 nearly 32,000 Americans were diagnosed with brain or central nervous system cancer. Overall incidence rates have remained steady since 1990, while mortality decreased by about 8 percent and total burden measured in years lost or lived with disability fell by 16 percent. Men experience higher disease burden than women. Children under age five showed a sharp decline in incidence. States such as Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Kansas and West Virginia have consistently higher rates of illness and death. Access to care, socioeconomic factors and regional health disparities may contribute to these geographic differences.
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