World Brain Tumor Day 2023: Date, History, Facts about Brain Cancers

World Brain Tumour Day is celebrated annually on June 8 to increase awareness and education about brain tumours. In 2000, it was first observed by the German Brain Tumour Association, a non-profit organisation based in Leipzig. A brain tumour develops when cells in the brain begin to multiply at an abnormal rate, forming a bulk of abnormal cells in the brain. When these abnormal cells begin to occupy the limited space within the cranium, the resulting symptoms are observed.

The background of World Brain Tumor Day

There is no description of a brain tumour in ancient medical texts, but skull trepanation (a surgically created burr hole in the human skull) to assuage the symptoms of a brain tumour is frequently mentioned. In their treatises, Socrates, Celsus, Galen, and Hippocrates provide instructions for trepanation to relieve intracranial pressure, but do not discuss brain tumours. In ancient times, brain tumours were fatal after a protracted conflict with symptoms such as headaches, seizures, and coma.

Many neurosurgeons began to localise and diagnose brain tumours after the discovery of X-rays in 1895. Fedor Krause, a German neurosurgeon, utilised x-rays to localise brain tumours. Using a nuclear spectrometer, the noninvasive localization of brain tumours was introduced for the first time in 1954. Sir Godfrey N. Hounsfield created the first C.T. scanner a few decades later. The first C.T. detectors were installed in London, England, in 1971, followed by the United States. Full-body CT scanners were introduced in 1975.

Raymond V. Damadian reported in 1971 that nuclear magnetic resonance, also known as M.R., can differentiate between normal and tumorous tissues. Paul C. Lauterbur generated the first M.R. images of mice in 1973, and within a few years, the first M.R. images of humans were reported. In 2003, Lauterbur was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery.

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Typically, migraines and nausea are brain tumour symptoms.

An estimated 700,000 Americans have a primary brain tumour, with 71% of them being benign.

Brain tumours can develop at any age, but they are most common in young infants and elderly people.

The brain tumour is the ninth most prevalent cancer in people aged 40 and older.

Survival rates depend on a variety of factors, including age, ethnicity, and even the length of time between diagnosis and treatment.

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