Table 3.
Proportions of top CNS tumor subtypes among children and teenagers in different regions
| |
Astrocytoma |
Medulloblastoma |
Craniopharyngioma |
Germ cell tumors |
Ependymal tumours |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Author | Period | Age(yrs) | |||||
| China |
|
1990-2009 |
0-19 |
29.2% |
13.1% |
12.3% |
8.1% |
6.2% |
| Taipei |
Wong et al. [11] |
1975-2004 |
0-18 |
36.9% |
15.8% |
9.8 |
12.7% |
6.8% |
| Japan |
Makino et al. [12] |
1989-2008 |
0-15 |
38.6% |
13.1% |
13.7 |
14.4% |
5.2% |
| India |
Asirvatham et al. [8] |
1990-2004 |
0-18 |
49.7% |
12.0% |
10.3% |
3.0% |
5.2% |
| France |
Bauchet et al. [9] |
2004-2006 |
0-19 |
32.9% |
13.1% |
5.4% |
3.6% |
8.6% |
| Brazil |
Pinho et al. [10] |
1989-2009 |
0-21 |
37.7% |
16.3% |
12.5% |
7.0% |
8.1% |
| US | CBTRUS [6] | 2004-2007 | 0-19 | 33.1% | 12.0% | 3.6% | 4.8% | 6.7% |