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Department of Neurology (Drs. Dulfner and Cohen). Children's Hospital, Buffalo. NY; and Biometric Research/Analytic Studies Section (Dr. Myers and Mr. Heise). Biometry Branch. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Eight hundred eighty-seven children with brain tumors were identified by the SEER registries (1973–1980). Twenty-five percent were low-grade supratentorial astrocytomas, medulloblastomas were 23%, cerebellar astrocytomas 12%, high-grade supratentorial astrocytomas 11%, brainstem gliomas 9%, and ependymomas 8%. The worst survivals were in children less than 2 years of age, and the best were in those aged 10 to 14 years. Five-year survivals of children with cerebellar astrocytomas were 91%, low-grade supratentorial astrocytomas 71%, high-grade supratentorial astrocytomas 35%, medulloblastomas 39%, ependymomas 28%, and brainstem gliomas 18%.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Dutfner. Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital. 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222.
Accepted for publication October 1, 1985.
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