Statistical Table 8

 

Two-, Five-, and Ten-Year Observed and
Relative Survival Rates for Malignant Brain Tumors,
SEER 1973-1996

HISTOLOGY

ICDO Code(s) No. of Cases Two Year

Five Year

Ten Year

Obs. Rel. Obs. Rel. Obs. Rel.

Glioblastoma

9440-9442 11,703 8.3 8.7 2.9 3.4 1.7 2.3

Astrocytoma, NOS

9400 6,611 44.5 45.8 32.8 35.5 24.3 28.9

Pilocytic astrocytoma

9421 676 91.0 91.4 86.8 87.6 82.9 84.3

Diffuse astrocytoma

9410, 9420 577 61.6 62.8 44.8 47.0 33.0 36.8

Anplastic astrocytoma

9401, 9411 1,695 44.3 45.5 28.2 30.2 19.6 22.8

Oligodendroglioma

9450 1,183 78.0 79.1 61.8 64.3 42.9 47.0

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

9461, 9460 128 57.0 58.5 38.2 40.8 23.7 26.9

Ependymoma/
anaplastic ependymoma

9391-9393 874 77.1 77.9 63.9 65.6 52.9 56.2

Glioma, malignant, NOS

9380 2,063 32.5 34.1 24.2 27.2 17.9 23.0

Mixed glioma

9382 540 72.8 73.7 55.9 57.7 37.6 40.5

Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma

8963, 9443, 9470-9473, 9502-9503 1,046 68.7 69.0 51.2 51.5 42.3 43.0

Neuroepithelial

9381, 9423, 9430 219 49.1 50.3 38.1 40.3 28.6 32.5

Malignant neuronal/glial,
neuronal and mixed

8680, 9364, 9490-9491, 9500, 9505-9506 148 63.8 64.2 51.2 51.9 48.0 49.2
TOTAL: All brain and other CNSb 8000-9989 29,371 34.4 35.7 24.7 27.2 18.5 22.9
a Rates are an estimate of the percentage of patients alive at two, five, and ten years, respectively.
b Includes histologies not listed in this table. Brain lymphomas and malignant tumors of the pituitary and pineal glands are excluded.
Abbreviations used: SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.

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