Table 2 Distributions of CNS tumors and top 4 subtypes among children and teenagers (age 0-19)
From: Central nervous system tumors: a single center pathology review of 34,140 cases over 60 years
Tumor | N | M | F | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue | 1791 | 1086 | 700 | 61.3 |
        Astrocytoma | 853 | 489 | 361 | 29.2 |
        Medulloblastoma | 383 | 254 | 128 | 13.1 |
        Ependymal tumours | 180 | 113 | 67 | 6.2 |
Tumors of the sellar region | 378 | 231 | 157 | 12.9 |
        Craniopharyngioma | 358 | 224 | 134 | 12.3 |
Tumors of the meninges | 326 | 204 | 120 | 11.2 |
Germ cell tumors | 237 | 182 | 54 | 8.1 |
Tumors of cranial and paraspinal nerves | 163 | 94 | 69 | 5.6 |
Lympnomas and hematopoietic neoplasms | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0.7 |
Metastatic tumors | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.2 |
Total | 2922 | 1816 | 1108 | 100 |