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. 2017 Jun 22;6(7):1817–1826. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1122

Table 1.

Frequency and relative frequency of neonatal cancers according to broad grouping and ICCC categories

ICCC Broad Grouping Gender (RF) Race Era Total (RF)
Male Female White Non‐White 1973–1990 1991–2007
Leukemias and Lymphomas (n = 93) I Leukemias, myeloproliferative & myelodysplastic diseases: 46 (0.54)a 39 (0.46)a 69 16 13 72 85 (0.14)b
I(a) Lymphoid leukemias 12 8 15 5 3 17 20 (0.24)a
I(b) Acute myeloid leukemias 19 23 36 6 7 35 42 (0.49)a
I(c) Chronic myeloproliferative diseases 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 (0.02)a
I(d) Myelodysplastic syndrome and other myeloproliferative 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 (0.01)a
I(e) Unspecified and other specified leukemias 12 8 15 5 2 18 20 (0.24)a
II Lymphomas and reticuloendothelial neoplasms 4 (0.50)a 4 (0.50)a 7 1 1 7 8 (0.01)b
II(a) Hodgkin lymphomas 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 (0.13)a
II(b) Non‐Hodgkin lymphomas (except Burkitt lymphoma) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 (0.13)a
II(d) Miscellaneous lymphoreticular neoplasms 3 3 5 1 1 5 6 (0.75)a
CNS tumors (n = 68) III CNS and misc intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms 35 (0.51)a 33 (0.49)a 58 10 22 46 68 (0.11)b
III(a) Ependymomas and choroid plexus tumor 4 2 4 2 2 4 6 (0.09)a
III(b) Astrocytomas 12 15 22 5 11 16 27 (0.40)a
III(c) Intracranial and intraspinal embryonal tumors 13 13 25 1 7 19 26 (0.38)a
III(d) Other gliomas 4 2 5 1 1 5 6 (0.09)a
III(f) Unspecified intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 (0.04)a
Other solid tumors (n = 451 + 3 patients were not classified by ICCC) IV Neuroblastoma and other peripheral nervous cell tumors 103 (0.59)a 71 (0.41)a 143 31 58 116 174 (0.28)b
IV(a) Neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroblastoma 103 70 142 31 58 115 173 (0.99)a
IV(b) Other peripheral nervous cell tumors 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 (0.01)a
V Retinoblastoma 13 (0.48)a 14 (0.52)a 21 6 7 20 27 (0.04)b
VI(a) Nephroblastoma and other nonepithelial renal tumors 9 (0.56)a 7 (0.44)a 14 2 10 6 16 (0.03)b
VII(a) Hepatoblastoma 4 (0.57)a 3 (0.43)a 6 1 3 4 7 (0.01)b
IX Soft tissue and other extraosseous sarcomas 27 (0.53)a 24 (0.47)a 43 8 16 35 51 (0.08)b
IX(a) Rhabdomyosarcomas 11 8 17 2 8 11 19 (0.37)a
IX(b) Fibrosarcomas, peripheral nerve & other fibrous 9 13 17 5 7 15 22 (0.43)a
IX(d) Other specified soft tissue sarcomas 7 3 9 1 1 9 10 (0.20)a
X Germ cell & trophoblastic tumors & neoplasms of gonads 63 (0.38)a 105 (0.63)a 134 34 23 143 168 (0.27)b
X(a) Intracranial & intraspinal germ cell tumors 7 13 17 3 0 20 20 (0.12)a
X(b) Extracranial & extragonadal germ cell tumors 55 91 115 31 23 123 146 (0.87)a
X(c) Malignant gonadal germ cell tumors 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 (0.01)a
X(e) Other and unspecified malignant gonadal tumors 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 (0.01)a
XI Other malignant epithelial neoplasms and melanomas 1 (0.25)a 3 (0.75)a 2 2 2 2 4 (0.01)b
XI(d) Malignant melanomas 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 (0.75)a
XI(f) Other and unspecified carcinomas 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 (0.25)a
XII Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms 2 (0.50)a 2 (0.50)a 4 0 2 2 4 (0.01)b
XII(a) Other specified malignant tumors 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 (0.50)a
XII(b) Other unspecified malignant tumors 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 (0.50)a
Not classified by ICCC 3 0 1 2 1 2 3
Grand Total 310 (0.50)b 305 (0.50) 502 113 158 457

RF, relative frequency; RTh, radiation therapy; Surg, surgery.

a

Relative frequency was calculated as a fraction of the ICCC group.

b

Relative frequency was calculated as a fraction of total cases.