* There are over 120 different types of brain tumours?

* There are currently no known causes of brain tumours?

* At this time, brain tumour research is underfunded and the public remains unaware of the magnitude of this disease. The cure rate for most brain tumours is significantly lower than that of many other types of cancer

* Cancer kills more children than asthma, diabetes, cystice fibrosis and AIDS combined?

* Other than accidents, cancer is the leading cause of death among children?

"A wife who loses her husband is called a widow, a husband who loses a wife is called a widower, a child who loses his parents is called an orphan but there is no word for a parent who loses a child, that's how awful the loss is!' 

                                       - J. Neugeboren