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. 2014 May 19;16(7):896–913. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nou087

Table 2.

Five-year relative survival by histologic type and country/region (all ages)

Histologic Type Region (organization) Years 5 y
Rate 95% CI
Pilocytic astrocytoma US1 (CBTRUS) 1995–2010 94.4 93.4–95.2
ICD-O-3 morphology code 9421 UK & Ireland18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 80.6 68.4–88.6
Northern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 81.9 68.4–90.3
Central Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 79.7 62.6–89.9
Eastern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 57.3 33.5–75.8
Southern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 97.3 74.7–100.0
Astrocytoma, NOS US1 1995–2010 47.3 45.8–48.7
ICD-O-3 morphology codes 9440, 9410, 9420 Korea20 1994–2004 51.6
UK & Ireland18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 39.0 34.7–43.3
Northern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 49.4 42.7–55.8
Central Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 35.4 29.9–40.9
Eastern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 28.0 22.5–33.8
Southern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 42.6 33.9–51.1
Anaplastic astrocytoma US1 1995–2010 26.5 24.8–28.2
ICD-O-3 morphology code 9401 Korea20 1994–2004 25.2
UK & Ireland18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 17.6 13.5–22.2
Northern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 10.8 7.8–14.4
Central Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 28.8 19.3–39.0
Eastern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 11.7 7.1–17.4
Southern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 18.1 11.8–25.4
Glioblastoma US1 1995–2010 4.7 4.4–5.0
ICD-O-3 morphology codes 94409442 Korea20 1994–2004 8.9
US154 1997–2000 0.1
UK & Ireland18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 2.2 1.6–2.9
Northern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 1.9 1.2–2.9
Central Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 4.4 3.2–5.9
Eastern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 2.2 1.0–4.4
Southern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 2.8 1.8–4.3
Oligodendroglioma US1 (CBTRUS) 1995–2010 79.1 77.4–80.7
ICD-O-3 morphology code 9450 Korea20 1994–2004 73.5
UK & Ireland18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 65.8 57.5–73.0
Northern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 74.1 64.4–81.8
Central Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 75.5 61.8–85.2
Eastern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 47.8 32.4–62.0
Southern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 63.8 51.4–74.1
Anaplastic oligodendroglioma US1 (CBTRUS) 1995–2010 50.7 47.5–53.8
ICD-O-3 morphology codes 9451, 9460 Korea20 1994–2004 50.4
UK & Ireland18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 35.5 24.4–46.9
Northern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 35.1 21.2–49.5
Central Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 29.7 13.4–48.3
Eastern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 6.1 1.3–16.6
Southern Europe18 (EUROCARE) 1995–2002 33.3 14.7–53.6
Oligoastrocytoma US1 (CBTRUS) 1995–2010 61.0 58.3–63.6
ICD-O-3 morphology code 9382 England & Wales19 1971–1995 39.0
Astrocytic tumors England & Wales19 1971–1995 10.0
ICD-O-3 morphology codes 9380–9382, 9384, 9400–9442 and site codes C71, C72.0, C72.8–C72.9 Europe5 (RARECARE) 1995–2002 15.0
Oligodendroglial tumors England & Wales19 1971–1995 39.6
ICD-O-3 morphology codes 9450–9451, 9460 and site codes C71, C72.0, C72.8–C72.9 Europe5 (RARECARE) 1995–2002 55.0

Abbreviations: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; EUROCARE, European Cancer Registry Based Study on Survival and Care of Cancer Patients; NOS, not otherwise specified; RARECARE, Surveillance of Rare Cancer in Europe (EU).