Table 15: Selected Childhood Primary (Malignant and Non-Malignant)
Brain
and Central Nervous System Tumor Age-Specific Incidence Ratesa
(Ages 0-19), by Age at Diagnosis, CBTRUS
1995-1999b
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Age at
Diagnosis |
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0-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
0-19 |
0-14 |
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Histology |
N |
Rate |
N |
Rate |
N |
Rate |
N |
Rate |
N |
Rate |
N |
Rate |
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Tumors of
Neuroepithelial Tissue
|
719
|
3.73
|
665
|
3.37
|
529
|
2.77
|
447
|
2.38 |
2,360 |
3.07 |
1,913 |
3.29 |
|
Pilocytic
astrocytoma |
142 |
0.74 |
171 |
0.87 |
139 |
0.73 |
89 |
0.47 |
541 |
0.70 |
452 |
0.78 |
|
Anaplastic
astrocytoma |
8 |
- |
27 |
0.14 |
19 |
0.10 |
21 |
0.11 |
75 |
0.10 |
54 |
0.09 |
|
Astrocytoma, NOS |
59 |
0.31 |
60 |
0.30 |
55 |
0.29 |
50 |
0.27 |
224 |
0.29 |
174 |
0.30 |
|
Glioblastoma |
23 |
0.12 |
27 |
0.14 |
38 |
0.20 |
28 |
0.15 |
116 |
0.15 |
88 |
0.15 |
|
Ependymoma/anaplastic
ependymoma |
90 |
0.47 |
35 |
0.18 |
25 |
0.13 |
30 |
0.16 |
180 |
0.23 |
150 |
0.26 |
|
Glioma malignant,
NOS |
90 |
0.47 |
87 |
0.44 |
52 |
0.27 |
40 |
0.21 |
269 |
0.35 |
229 |
0.39 |
|
Benign and
malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed |
55 |
0.29 |
23 |
0.12 |
40 |
0.21 |
48 |
0.26 |
166 |
0.22 |
118 |
0.20 |
|
Embryonal/primitive/ medulloblastoma |
178 |
0.92 |
167 |
0.85 |
86 |
0.45 |
53 |
0.28 |
484 |
0.63 |
431 |
0.74 |
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Tumors of
Cranial and Spinal Nerves
|
- |
- |
8 |
- |
23 |
0.12 |
30 |
0.16 |
65 |
0.08 |
35 |
0.06 |
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|
|
Tumors of
the Meninges |
18 |
0.09 |
17 |
0.09 |
35 |
0.18 |
63 |
0.34 |
133 |
0.17 |
70 |
0.12 |
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|
Lymphomas
and Hemopoietic Neoplasms |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
16 |
0.02 |
10 |
0.02 |
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|
|
Germ Cell
Tumors
|
15 |
0.08 |
24 |
0.12 |
42 |
0.22 |
50 |
0.27 |
131 |
0.17 |
81 |
0.14 |
|
Germ cell |
15 |
0.08 |
24 |
0.12 |
42 |
0.22 |
50 |
0.27 |
131 |
0.17 |
81 |
0.14 |
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Tumors of
the Sellar Region
|
13 |
0.07 |
39 |
0.20 |
43 |
0.23 |
100 |
0.53 |
195 |
0.25 |
95 |
0.16 |
|
Craniopharyngioma |
12 |
0.06 |
39 |
0.20 |
28 |
0.15 |
24 |
0.13 |
103 |
0.13 |
79 |
0.14 |
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|
Local
Extensions from Regional Tumors
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
15 |
0.02 |
9 |
- |
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