Table 3.
Distribution of primary CNS tumors in the cohort. The aggrupation is based on the International Classification of Childhood Cancer third version.
| International Classification of Childhood Cancer | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | |||
| III.a. | Ependymomas and choroid plexus tumors | |||
| III.a.1. | Ependymomas | 106 | 11 | |
| III.a.2. | Choroid plexus tumors | 13 | 1 | |
| III.b. | Astrocytomas | 357 | 36 | |
| III.c. | Intracranial and intraspinal embryonal tumors | |||
| III.c.1. | Medulloblastomas | 201 | 20 | |
| III.c.2. | Primitive neuroectodermal tumors | 31 | 3 | |
| III.c.3. | Medulloepithelioma | 2 | ||
| III.c.4. | Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors | 16 | 2 | |
| III.d. | Other gliomas | |||
| III.d.1. | Oligodendrogliomas | 21 | 2 | |
| III.d.2. | Mixed and unspecified gliomas | 99 | 10 | |
| III.d.3. | Neuroepithelial glial tumors of uncertain origin | 20 | 2 | |
| III.e. | Other specified intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms | |||
| III.e.1. | Pituitary adenomas and carcinomas | 2 | 0 | |
| III.e.2. | Tumours of the sellar region (craniopharyngiomas) | 0 | 0 | |
| III.e.3. | Pineal parenchymal tumors | 22 | 2 | |
| III.e.4. | Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors | 41 | 4 | |
| III.e.5. | Meningiomas | 9 | 1 | |
| III.f. | Unspecified intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms | |||
| --- | Intraespinal neoplasms | 26 | 3 | |
| --- | Unspecified intracranial | 23 | 2 | |
| Total | 989 | 100 | ||