Table 2.
Median survival table for the five most common malignant tumors in each age group by time period of diagnosis (NPCR survival data: data provided by CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Database: NPCR survival analytic file, 2004–2017)
| Age at diagnosis | Histopathology | 2004–2007 | 2008–2012 | 2013–2017 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Median survival months (95% CI) | Cases | Deaths | Median survival months (95% CI) | Cases | Deaths | Median survival months (95% CI) | ||
| 0–14 | Diffuse astrocytoma | 615 | 124 | ** (**–**) | 686 | 127 | ** (**–**) | 641 | 96 | ** (**–**) |
| Embryonal tumors | 1618 | 740 | ** (**–**) | 1975 | 770 | ** (**–**) | 1950 | 470 | ** (**–**) | |
| Ependymal tumors | 218 | 95 | ** (143–**) | 371 | 126 | ** (117–**) | 427 | 51 | ** (**–**) | |
| Germ cell tumors | 273 | 48 | ** (**–**) | 389 | 54 | ** (**–**) | 429 | 29 | ** (**–**) | |
| Glioblastoma | 247 | 208 | 13 (11–15) | 385 | 319 | 14 (13–16) | 395 | 253 | 13 (12–16) | |
| 15–39 | Anaplastic astrocytoma | 884 | 536 | 87 (77–102) | 1222 | 568 | 100 (89–**) | 1538 | 280 | ** (**–**) |
| Diffuse astrocytoma | 1724 | 787 | ** (157–**) | 2151 | 690 | ** (**–**) | 2048 | 183 | ** (**–**) | |
| Glioblastoma | 1570 | 1314 | 23 (21–25) | 1989 | 1584 | 24 (23–25) | 2303 | 1076 | 25 (23–27) | |
| Oligoastrocytic tumors | 834 | 368 | ** (159–**) | 1101 | 339 | ** (**–**) | 526 | 72 | ** (**–**) | |
| Oligodendroglioma | 1108 | 342 | ** (**–**) | 1271 | 189 | ** (**–**) | 1216 | 34 | ** (**–**) | |
| 40–64 | Anaplastic astrocytoma | 1620 | 1358 | 19.5 (18–21) | 2135 | 1690 | 21 (20–23) | 2346 | 1164 | 23 (22–25) |
| Diffuse astrocytoma | 2223 | 1591 | 38 (34–44) | 2584 | 1681 | 38 (33–41) | 2152 | 851 | 39 (36–46) | |
| Glioblastoma | 14,201 | 13,696 | 11 (11–12) | 19,367 | 18,338 | 13 (13–13) | 20,430 | 14,037 | 13 (13–14) | |
| Lymphoma | 1936 | 1377 | 30 (25–37) | 2522 | 1466 | 47 (42–55) | 2658 | 959 | ** (**–**) | |
| Oligodendroglioma | 1349 | 590 | ** (158–**) | 1505 | 430 | ** (**–**) | 1447 | 141 | ** (**–**) | |
| 65+ | Anaplastic astrocytoma | 906 | 889 | 4 (4–5) | 1159 | 1121 | 5 (5–6) | 1319 | 1039 | 7 (6–7) |
| Diffuse astrocytoma | 1237 | 1187 | 5 (5–6) | 1333 | 1244 | 6 (5–6) | 1248 | 886 | 8 (7–9) | |
| Glioblastoma | 13,099 | 12,970 | 4 (4–4) | 17,875 | 17,571 | 4 (4–4) | 20,675 | 16,920 | 5 (5–5) | |
| Lymphoma | 2047 | 1861 | 7 (6–8) | 2802 | 2263 | 8 (7–10) | 3409 | 1887 | 13 (11–15) | |
| Meningioma | 571 | 439 | 42 (36–53) | 526 | 334 | 51 (40–61) | 584 | 227 | 46 (37–**) | |
** Median survival not reached