Incidence of childhood CNS tumours in Britain and variation in rates by definition of malignant behaviour: population-based study

Autor: Paul Chumas, Aruna Chakrabarty, Tom Kenny, Anita M. Bayne, Charles A. Stiller
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Male
Cancer Research
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Population
CNS tumours
lcsh:RC254-282
History
21st Century
Behaviour codes
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surgical oncology
Genetics
medicine
Humans
Registries
education
Child
education.field_of_study
Pilocytic astrocytoma
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Incidence
Age Factors
Infant
Newborn
Cancer
Infant
Neoplasms
Second Primary
History
20th Century
lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
medicine.disease
Childhood
United Kingdom
Population based study
030104 developmental biology
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Child
Preschool
Population Surveillance
Female
Trends
Who classification
business
International Classification of Diseases for Oncology
Research Article
Zdroj: BMC Cancer
BMC Cancer, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2019)
ISSN: 1471-2407
Popis: Background Intracranial and intraspinal tumours are the most numerous solid tumours in children. Some recently defined subtypes are relatively frequent in childhood. Many cancer registries routinely ascertain CNS tumours of all behaviours, while others only cover malignant neoplasms. Some behaviour codes have changed between revisions of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, including pilocytic astrocytoma, downgraded to uncertain behaviour in ICD-O-3. Methods We used data from the population-based National Registry of Childhood Tumours, which routinely included non-malignant CNS tumours, to document the occurrence of CNS tumours among children aged
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