00:00 Brain tumours are a relatively rare cancer, but the survival rates are incredibly low.
00:08 More than 1800 people are diagnosed with brain tumours every year.
00:12 More than 1500 people in Australia die.
00:15 Today's Head to Heel event at Parliament House is to bring to light the horrible death toll
00:20 of brain tumours.
00:22 It's the leading cause of death from cancer for people under 40.
00:25 And while thankfully the death toll from other cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer
00:31 has improved, the reality for this community is that brain cancer survival rates haven't
00:36 improved in the last 30 years.
00:39 Another brutal statistic is the economic cost.
00:43 Brain cancer has the highest burden of care for young people, with a cost of $1.7 million.
00:50 But of course the biggest impact is on the patients themselves and their families and
00:54 friends.
00:55 There's no other treatments.
00:56 There's surgery, chemo and radiation.
00:59 That's it.
01:00 There's no new trials.
01:01 There's no new drugs.
01:02 So I think that's what we're here advocating for.
01:05 More research, more trials so we can get people to survive longer than 12 months or 5 years.
01:11 Obviously the long term goal is to find some sort of cure, but in the meantime advocates
01:16 are here at Parliament House calling for more research, more funding and overall more recognition
01:23 for the disease that kills so many.
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