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  • Title: Survival of children with brain tumors: SEER Program, 1973-1980.
    Author: Duffner PK, Cohen ME, Myers MH, Heise HW.
    Journal: Neurology; 1986 May; 36(5):597-601. PubMed ID: 3703257.
    Abstract:
    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%.
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