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===UK=== Brain, other CNS or intracranial tumors are the ninth most common cancer in the UK (around 10,600 people were diagnosed in 2013), and it is the eighth most common cause of cancer death (around 5,200 people died in 2012).<ref>{{cite web|title=Brain, other CNS and intracranial tumours statistics|url=http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/types/brain/|website=Cancer Research UK|access-date=27 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016033148/http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/types/brain/|archive-date=16 October 2014}}</ref> White British patients with brain tumour are 30% more likely to die within a year of diagnosis than patients from other ethnicities. The reason for this is unknown.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/09/white-british-brain-tumour-patients-more-likely-to-die-in-a-year White British brain tumour patients 'more likely to die in a year'] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>
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