Incidence and survival of children with central nervous system primitive tumors in the French National Registry of Childhood Solid Tumors.

Date publication

juillet 2014

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr CHASTAGNER Pascal , Dr DESANDES Emmanuel , Dr LACOUR Brigitte

Tous les auteurs :
Desandes E, Guissou S, Chastagner P, Lacour B

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470548

Résumé

BACKGROUND: Central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the second most common childhood malignancy. The French National Registry of Childhood Solid Tumors (NRCST) makes it possible to describe this variety of distinct tumor types and to provide incidence and survival data in France on a nationwide basis. METHODS: All children aged 0-14 years, who were registered with a primary CNS tumor in the NRCST of France between 2000 and 2008, were identified. Tumors were classified according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer, third edition. RESULTS: Approximately 57% of pediatric CNS tumors were gliomas, with astrocytomas of the pilocytic type predominating. Distributions of subtypes by age showed that primitive neuroectodermal tumors and ependymomas mainly occurred in children aged

Référence

Neuro Oncol. 2014 Jul;16(7):975-83.