Statistical Table 13

 

Two, Five and Ten-Year Observed and Relative Survival Ratesa for
Malignant Brain Tumors by Age Groups,
SEER 1973-1996

HISTOLOGY
ICDO Code(s) Age Group

# Cases

 2-Year 5-Year 10-Year

Glioblastoma
9440-9442 0-19 227 30.2 19.6 17.0
20-44 1,415 29.9 13.1 7.9
45-64 5,100 7.7 2.0 0.8
65+ 4,961 2.1 0.3 0.2
TOTAL 11,703  

Astrocytoma, NOS
9400 0-19 1,055 81.3 76.1 71.9
20-44 1,912 75.2 53.2 36.0
45-64 1,988 28.1 16.8 10.2
65+ 1,656 7.6 4.4 2.4
TOTAL 6,611  

Pilocytic astrocytoma
9421 0-19 478 95.0 90.6 88.6
20-44 156 88.3 86.6 79.6
45-64 29 79.1 70.3 61.9
65+ 13 b b b
TOTAL 676  

Diffuse astrocytoma
9410, 9420 0-19 115 85.6 80.8 79.6
20-44 235 82.7 55.2 36.5
45-64 140 36.8 23.9 10.5
65+ 87 16.3 6.8 6.8
TOTAL 577  

Anaplastic astrocytoma
9401, 9411 0-19 140 62.7 53.4 48.7
20-44 666 72.4 48.2 32.5
45-64 505 31.6 14.9 9.6
65+ 384 6.9 3.4 2.9
TOTAL 1,695  

Oligodendroglioma
9450 0-19 128 84.8 79.6 73.6
20-44 579 90.0 78.5 59.0
45-64 352 71.4 48.1 27.2
65+ 124 44.7 26.4 8.8
TOTAL 1,183  

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma ependymoma
9451, 9460 0-19 5 b b b
20-44 53 79.4 51.7 27.8
45-64 47 51.6 34.8 29.8
65+ 23 24.3 19.2 b
TOTAL 128  

Ependymoma/
anaplastic ependymoma
9391, 9393 0-19 336 67.9 48.4 41.4
20-44 300 88.8 82.5 74.6
45-64 181 80.8 67.2 52.9
65+ 57 69.7 69.7 43.9
TOTAL 874  

Glioma, malignant, NOS
9380 0-19 491 48.7 42.8 38.4
20-44 358 65.6 50.0 34.6
45-64 479 29.7 20.1 13.5
65+ 735 9.7 4.8 3.8
TOTAL 2,063  

Mixed glioma
9382 0-19 93 81.2 72.2 65.3
20-44 258 84.3 69.9 46.2
45-64 145 59.4 37.4 19.0
65+ 44 40.9 19.9 10.9
TOTAL 540  

Embryonal/ primitive/medulloblastoma
8963, 9443, 9470-9473, 9502-9503 0-19 766 68.0 50.9 42.9
20-44 237 74.0 54.9 44.1
45-64 35 65.9 46.5 30.1
65+ 8 b b b
TOTAL 1,046  

Neuroepithelial
9381, 9423, 9430 0-19 60 76.5 63.7 61.9
20-44 60 66.9 53.8 33.0
45-64 60 30.4 22.0 11.3
65+ 39 11.2 3.1 3.1
TOTAL 219  

Malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed

8680, 9364, 9490-9491, 9500, 9505-9506 0-19 105 66.8 52.4 51.0
20-44 30 69.4 58.2 48.5
45-64 11 b b b
65+ 2 b b b
TOTAL 148  

TOTAL: All Brain and CNSc

8000-9989 0-19 4,239 70.9 61.1 56.3
20-44 6,570 67.2 49.0 35.2
45-64 9,579 22.3 13.3 8.5
65+ 8,983 8.1 4.7 3.0
TOTAL 29,371  
a Rates are an estimate of the percentage of patients alive at two, five and ten years, respectively.
b Too few cases to estimate.
c Includes histologies not listed in this table. Brain lymphomas and malignant tumors of the pituitary and pineal glands are excluded.
Abbreviation used: SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.

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