Central Nervous System Cancers
Central nervous system (CNS) cancers include brain and other central nervous system cancers including meninges (the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord) and spinal cord.
Brain cancer caused the majority of CNS deaths, with 611 males and 437 females dying from brain cancer in 2005. Brain cancer was one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in Australian children.
The incidence and mortality of brain cancer in Australia have remained relatively stable over the last 20 years.