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Very often; yes.
Brain cancer needs to be found very early and be very small and be located in an easy to reach location for there to be any real chance of survival.
Most cases of brain cancer are not found until there is a reason to look for it and by than it is often too late. Brain cancer can also show up anywhere in the brain; many locations that simply cannot be operated on.
Unlike some other types of cancer, brain cancer is not one that can be checked at home; and its symptoms often do not show up until it is already at a growth point that is near fatal.
Brain cancer has a 5 year survival rate of 32%
By comparison there are at least 17 types of cancer with higher survival rates (for example prostate has 98% and Breast cancer has 86% survival rates)
There are only 6 types of cancer with a lower survival rate ranging from stomach (23%) down to pancreas (4%).
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