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. 2017 Sep 22;8:99–113. doi: 10.2147/AHMT.S53391

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Distribution in (A) adolescents (age 15–19 years) and (B) adolescents and young adults (age 15–39 years) of primary brain and CNS tumors by histology (n=6,491 and 51,118, respectively) CBTRUS statistical report: NPCR and SEER, 2007–2011.

Notes: Adapted from Ostrom QT, Gittleman H, Liao P, et al. CBTRUS statistical report: primary brain and central nervous system tumors diagnosed in the United States in 2007–2011. Neuro Oncol. 2014;16(Suppl 4):iv1–iv63, by permission of Oxford Univeristy Press.1

Abbreviations: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; CNS, central nervous system; NOS, not otherwise specified; NPCR, National Program of Cancer Registries; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.