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Some epidemiologic aspects of neoplastic diseases in Israeli immigrant population. III. Brain tumors
Author(s) -
Cohen Avital,
Modan Baruch
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196811)22:6<1323::aid-cncr2820220632>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , medulloblastoma , astrocytoma , population , brain tumor , meningioma , glioma , pathology , arabic , cancer , epidemiology , standardized mortality ratio , linguistics , philosophy , physics , environmental health , cancer research , optics
Data are presented on the distribution of all newly diagnosed brain tumors in Israel between 1960 and 1964. The mean annual incidence among Jews was 4.4 per 100,000 for malignant tumors with a male/female ratio of 1.4:1, and 2.4 per 100,000 for benign tumors with a sex ratio of 0.6:1. The incidence among the Arabic segment of the population was considerably lower, probably due to underdiagnosis. Malignant tumors were significantly higher among European and Israeli born residents compared with both the Asian and African born. Similar differences were noted with regard to benign tumors but these were only of borderline significance. Glioblastoma multiforme constituted 40% of all malignant tumors, increasing from 11% in childhood to 58% in older patients. Medulloblastoma and astrocytoma were the dominant tumors in childhood. Meningioma constituted 72% of all benign tumors and close to 24% of all tumors combined.