ASTROCYTOMAS IN CHILDHOOD - A POPULATION-BASED STUDY
ASTROCYTOMAS IN CHILDHOOD - A POPULATION-BASED STUDY
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DOI:
10.1016/0090-3019(85)90162-4
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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通讯作者:
FLANNERY, JT
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作者:
DOHRMANN, GJ;FARWELL, JR;FLANNERY, JT
A population-based study of astrocytomas occurring in children is reported. A population-based study eliminates referral bias and the bias of a series based on the experience of a given medical center or a particular surgeon. In a 42-yr period, 179 such cases were diagnosed. The average age at diagnosis was 8.9 yr. Over 1/2 of the strocytic tumors were located in the cerebellum. A peak in the number of astrocytomas was noted between 1965 and 1970. Cumulative probability of survival of children with intracranial astrocytomas at 6 mo. and at 1, 2 and 5 yr was 0.824, 0.752, 0.732 and 0.667; by 10 yr and 20 yr the cumulative probability of survival had fallen to 0.607 and 0.538. The shortest survival was observed with brainstem tumors, with an average survival of 19 mo. Longer survivals were noted with tumors of the cerebral hemispheres: 0.779, 0.748, 0.678 and 0.628 at 1, 2, 5 and 10 yr, respectively. The longest survivals were in those children with cerebellar astrocytomas: at 1 yr they had an 0.837 probability of survival and at 20 yr, 0.675.