1. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure One: Numbers of new cases and rates by age and sex, brain and other central nervous system cancers, UK 1998 ©Cancer Research UK

2. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure Two: Main parts of the brain ©Cancer Research UK

3. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure Three: European age-standardised incidence and mortality rates for brain and other central nervous system cancers, Great Britain 1979-2001 ©Cancer Research UK

4. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure Four (male): Age-specific incidence for male cancer of the brain and other central nervous system cancers, Great Britain, 1979-1998 ©Cancer Research UK

5. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure Four (female): Age-specific incidence for female cancer of the brain and other central nervous system cancers, Great Britain, 1979-1998 ©Cancer Research UK

6. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Table One: World Health Organisation Brain Tumour Classification System (WHO 2000) (Abridged and adapted) ©Cancer Research UK

7. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure Five: Age-standardised incidence rate by deprivation category, cancer of the brain, England and Wales, 1991-93 ©Cancer Research UK

8. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Table Two: The more common syndromes associated with increased risk of brain tumour ©Cancer Research UK

9. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Table Three: Molecular abnormalities in gliomas ©Cancer Research UK

10. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Table Four: Initial symptom in 120 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma presenting to the neuro-oncology unit at the Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow ©Cancer Research UK

11. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Table Five: Some catagories of patient with primary brain tumour who may not require immediate biopsy - most others require early pathological diagnosis ©Cancer Research UK

12. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure Six: Five year relative survival by age for men and women diagnosed with brain cancer in 1991-93, England and Wales ©Cancer Research UK

13. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure Seven: Five year survival rates for children with central nervous system cancers, Great Britain, 1962-1996 patients ©Cancer Research UK

14. © Cancer Research UK 2002 Registered charity number 1089464 Figure Eight: Numbers of deaths and rates by age and sex, brain and other central nervous system cancers, UK, 2001 ©Cancer Research UK