作者
Tai‐Tong Wong, Donald M Ho, Kai‐Ping Chang, Sang‐Hue Yen, Wan‐You Guo, Feng‐Chi Chang, Muh‐Lii Liang, Hung‐Chi Pan, Wen‐Yuh Chung
发表日期
2005/11/15
期刊
Cancer: Interdisciplinary International Journal of the American Cancer Society
卷号
104
期号
10
页码范围
2156-2167
出版商
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
简介
BACKGROUND
The purpose of the current study was to investigate a hospital series of 986 cases of primary pediatric brain tumors in Taiwan.
METHODS
The authors reviewed the database of primary pediatric brain tumors in patients < 18 years of age collected in Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Taipei VGH) from 1975 to May 2004. Age and gender distribution, location, and classification of brain tumors were analyzed. Intracranial tumors with diagnostic imaging were included. Nontumoral lesions, cysts, and vascular malformations were excluded.
RESULTS
The mean age of these 986 patients was 7.8 years, and the male to female ratio was 1.4:1. Supratentorial (including pineal–quadrigeminal) located tumors (58.3%) was predominant to infratentorial tumors (41.1%). In these series, 886 patients had either histologic diagnosis (842 patients) or clinical diagnosis (44 patients). The most common 5 categories …
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