Statistics are scary and I don't like them personally because they can give you false hope and false despair. I have chosen to listen closely to my surgeons because they have proven that I can trust them. That is just my opinion. Best wishes to you- some people have the tumor excised and then never have another bad day in their lives. Others- well..... maybe a few more bad days- but there are a lot of members of this forum, so that says that lots of people have a life span.