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HEALTH Tumour, 18 mar 2009 - 11:28
A national charity has today released figures that show more than 40,000 people affected by brain tumours are missing from the UK's official statistics each year.
Dr David Levy, consultant oncologist at Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, said: "There are probably around 1,500 patients with high grade brain tumours missing from the official statistics as well as thousands of patients with lower grade and benign tumours.
http://www.communitynewswire.press.net/article.jsp?id=5589678
Brain tumours are regarded as rare because of under-reporting, which the charity says affects funding levels for research into the condition.
The charity's report "Register my tumour, recognise me" estimates 2,833 people in Wales are affected by primary or secondary brain tumours every year, but that only around 470 are included in statistics.
A study of post mortem examination reports have shown half of all primary tumours are missing from official statistics, while secondary tumours are rarely recorded, even when the brain tumour may in the end be the actual cause of death.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7948784.stm
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