Just over half of all primary brain tumors are malignant; the rest are benign, though they may still be life-threatening.
[1] This is a list of notable people who have had a primary or metastatic brain tumor (either benign or malignant) at some time in their lives, as confirmed by public information.
The lifetime risk of developing brain cancer for someone born today is 0.60%.
These high overall mortality rates are a result of the prevalence of aggressive types, such as glioblastoma multiforme.
Nearly 14% of new brain tumor diagnoses occur in persons under 20 years of age.