Table 8:
Distribution and Incidence Ratesa of Primary (Malignant
and Non-Malignant) Brain
and Central Nervous System Tumors by Major Histology Groupings and Histology,
Age-Adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population, CBTRUS 1995-1999b
|
Histology
|
Total |
% of all
Reported |
Median Age
at |
Adjusted
Rate (S.E.) |
|
N |
Brain Tumors |
Diagnosis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue
|
18,166 |
48.1 |
54 |
6.72
(0.05) |
|
Pilocytic
astrocytoma |
785 |
2.1 |
13 |
0.29 (0.01) |
|
Diffuse
astrocytoma (protoplasmic, fibrillary) |
359 |
1.0 |
50 |
0.13 (0.01) |
|
Anaplastic
astrocytoma |
1,388 |
3.7 |
52 |
0.51 (0.01) |
|
Unique
astrocytoma variants |
171 |
0.5 |
37 |
0.06 (0.00) |
|
Astrocytoma,
NOS |
1,583 |
4.2 |
46 |
0.58 (0.01) |
|
Glioblastoma |
8,690 |
23.0 |
65 |
3.24 (0.03) |
|
Oligodendroglioma |
1,083 |
2.9 |
40 |
0.40 (0.01) |
|
Anaplastic
oligodendroglioma |
428 |
1.1 |
45 |
0.16 (0.01) |
|
Ependymoma/anaplastic
ependymoma |
674 |
1.8 |
37 |
0.25 (0.01) |
|
Ependymoma
variants |
150 |
0.4 |
38 |
0.06 (0.00) |
|
Mixed
glioma |
392 |
1.0 |
40 |
0.14 (0.01) |
|
Glioma
malignant, NOS |
1,035 |
2.7 |
48 |
0.38 (0.01) |
|
Choroid
plexus |
92 |
0.2 |
26 |
0.03 (0.00) |
|
Neuroepithelial |
41 |
0.1 |
51 |
0.02 (0.00) |
|
Benign
and malignant neuronal/glial, neuronal and mixed |
499 |
1.3 |
28 |
0.18 (0.01) |
|
Pineal
parenchymal |
77 |
0.2 |
24 |
0.03 (0.00) |
|
Embryonal/primitive/medulloblastoma |
719 |
1.9 |
10 |
0.26 (0.01) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves
|
2,822 |
7.5 |
52 |
1.05 (0.02) |
|
Nerve
sheath, benign and malignant |
2,822 |
7.5 |
52 |
1.05 (0.02) |
|
Other
tumors of cranial and spinal nerves |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumors of the Meninges
|
10,831 |
28.7 |
64 |
4.03 (0.04) |
|
Meningioma |
10,359 |
27.4 |
65 |
3.86 (0.04) |
|
Other
mesenchymal, benign and malignant |
131 |
0.3 |
50 |
0.05 (0.00) |
|
Hemangioblastoma |
341 |
0.9 |
44 |
0.13 (0.01) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms
|
1,006 |
2.7 |
58 |
0.37 (0.01) |
|
Lymphoma |
1,006 |
2.7 |
58 |
0.37 (0.01) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germ Cell Tumors and Cysts
|
202 |
0.5 |
16 |
0.08 (0.01) |
|
Germ
cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias |
202 |
0.5 |
16 |
0.08 (0.01) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumors of the Sellar Region
|
2,805 |
7.4 |
48 |
1.04 (0.02) |
|
Pituitary |
2,496 |
6.6 |
49 |
0.92 (0.02) |
|
Craniopharyngioma |
309 |
0.8 |
35 |
0.11 (0.01) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Local Extensions from Regional Tumors
|
79 |
0.2 |
47 |
0.03 (0.00) |
|
Chordoma/chondrosarcoma |
79 |
0.2 |
47 |
0.03 (0.00) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unclassified Tumors
|
1,877 |
5.0 |
70 |
0.70 (0.02) |
|
Hemangioma |
140 |
0.4 |
42 |
0.05 (0.00) |
|
Neoplasm,
unspecified |
1,713 |
4.5 |
71 |
0.64 (0.02) |
|
All
other |
24 |
0.1 |
50 |
0.01 (0.00) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
37,788 |
100.0 |
57 |
14.02 (0.07) |
aRates are per 100,000 person-years.
bIncludes data from 12 of the 16 registries listed in Table 5;
New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Texas are excluded.
- Counts are not presented when fewer than 6 cases were
reported for the specific histology category and rates are not presented when
fewer than 10 cases were reported for the specific histology category. The suppressed cases are included in the
counts and rates for Totals.
Abbreviations: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; NOS, not otherwise specified; SE, standard error.
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