AMERICAN BRAIN TUMOR ASSOCIATION (ABTA) RELEASES FACTS, STATISTICS ON MALIGNANT GLIOMAS
CHICAGO – Malignant gliomas are high-grade tumors that arise from the glial or
“gluey” supportive cells in the brain. Approximately 42,000 primary brain tumors are diagnosed each year, of which 40 percent are malignant gliomas, making them the most commonly treated brain tumor in the United States, according to the American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA). Seventy-eight percent of all malignant tumors are gliomas.
