Central nervous system (CNS) tumor trends in children in a western Canadian province: a population-based 22-year retrospective study

In Canada, CNS tumors accounted for nearly 22% of the new childhood cancer diagnoses during 1995–2000 in the ≤15 year age group. The study’s objective was to describe children and youth (age

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Published in:Journal of neurology 2012-06, Vol.259 (6), p.1131-1136
Main Authors: Rosychuk, Rhonda J., Witol, Adrienne, Wilson, Bev, Stobart, Kent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age
Age groups
Alberta - epidemiology
Astrocytoma
Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms - epidemiology
Brain tumors
Cancer
Central nervous system
Central Nervous System Neoplasms - diagnosis
Central Nervous System Neoplasms - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Codes
Data processing
Female
Geography
Glioma
Humans
Infant
Information processing
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medulloblastoma
Morphology
Nervous system
Neurology
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Original Communication
Pediatrics
Population Surveillance - methods
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Sex
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - diagnosis
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - epidemiology
Topography
Trends
Tumors
Young Adult
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Summary:In Canada, CNS tumors accounted for nearly 22% of the new childhood cancer diagnoses during 1995–2000 in the ≤15 year age group. The study’s objective was to describe children and youth (age
ISSN:0340-5354
1432-1459
DOI:10.1007/s00415-011-6314-4