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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2021 Jun 23;127(19):3579–3590. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33553

Table 2.

Non-malignant vestibular schwannoma incidence in SEER18, 2004–2017, ages 20+ years.

Method of diagnosis
TOTAL
Microscopic
Radiographic
Characteristic Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate % RGCa

TOTAL 17,475 1.92 8,033 0.89 9,044 0.99 52
Sex
 Male 8,343 1.92 3,764 0.86 4,405 1.03 54
 Female 9,132 1.93 4,269 0.92 4,639 0.96 50
Race/Ethnicity
 NH White 13,016 2.28 5,947 1.09 6,783 1.13 50
 NH Black 737 0.78 294 0.30 424 0.47 60
 NH AI/AN 110 1.64 44 0.62 65 1.00 61
 NH API 1,630 1.84 770 0.85 831 0.96 52
 Hispanic 1,663 1.18 878 0.56 745 0.59 50
Age
 20–39 2,261 0.71 1,590 0.49 643 0.20 28
 40–64 10,186 2.48 5,267 1.31 4,708 1.12 45
 65–79 4,226 3.77 1,097 0.95 3,015 2.72 72
 80+ 802 2.00 79 0.20 678 1.69 85
Size
 <2cm 9,236 1.01 2,580 0.31 6,206 0.68 67
 ≥ 2cm 4,973 0.56 3,441 0.39 1,484 0.17 30
 Unknown size 3,266 0.36 1,742 0.19 1,354 0.15 42
Age<65 by size
 <2cm 6,249 0.80 2,459 0.32 3,680 0.46 58
 ≥ 2cm 3,801 0.51 2,929 0.40 843 0.11 22
 Unknown size 2,397 0.31 1,469 0.20 828 0.11 35
Age 65+ by size
 <2cm 2,987 1.96 391 0.24 2,526 1.67 85
 ≥ 2cm 1,172 0.77 512 0.33 641 0.43 56
 Unknown size 869 0.57 273 0.18 526 0.35 61
Laterality
 Right 8,534 0.94 3,902 0.43 4,467 0.49 52
 Left 8,599 0.95 3,993 0.44 4,429 0.49 52
 Other/Unknown 342 0.04 138 0.02 148 0.02 50
Year of diagnosis
 2004–2008 5,635 1.87 2,959 0.97 2,566 0.86 46
 2009–2013 6,382 1.94 2,843 0.87 3,381 1.03 53
 2014–2017 5,458 1.94 2,231 0.82 3,097 1.08 56
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% RGC: Percent radiographically confirmed based on rates. Incidence rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US population standard and displayed per 100,000 person-years. NH: non-Hispanic; AI/AN: American Indian/Alaska Native; API: Asian/Pacific Islander