May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month.
I wear Gray for my niece.
According to the American Brain Tumor Association, about 52,200 men, women, and children are expected to be newly diagnosed with a primary brain tumor this year. From that 52,200, it's estimated that approximately 4,000 children will receive a diagnosis of a primary brain tumor, either benign or malignant. Now these numbers are for PRIMARY brain tumors, this doesn't even account for metastatic brain tumors.
Primary brain tumors are the 2ND MOST COMMON cause of pediatric cancer and are the leading solid tumor cancer deaths in children. THIS IS ONLY IN AMERICA, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE STATISTICS WORLD-WIDE.
Now having said that, I have not seen a single advertisement for Brain Cancer Research and/or Awareness. NO special walks or runs, NO "if you buy this, then we will donate x-amount of dollars to a Brain Cancer Research Foundation". But yet, I'm looking online for shoes, and Sketchers has BREAST cancer awareness shoe. If you purchase it, they will donate $10.00 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. I'm not trying to lessen the importance of Breast cancer research, by any means. But for my peace of mind, I would just like to know that we were putting an effort into other forms of cancer research. Brain Cancer specifically.
-emiko_d
