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Determinants of survival in children with brain tumors
Author(s) -
Gold Ellen B.,
Gordis Leon
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410050613
Subject(s) - medicine , survival rate , astrocytoma , overall survival , survival analysis , cancer survival , el niño , demography , brain tumor , pediatrics , glioma , cancer , pathology , cancer research , sociology
A study was conducted in metropolitan Baltimore to examine time trends in survival and factors which influence survival of children with brain tumors. One hundred eighty‐four cases diagnosed from 1960 to 1975 were identified; 76.5% occurred in white children and 48% were girls. Five‐year survival rates were 35% for children diagnosed in 1960–64, 34% in 1965–69, and 49% in 1970–74. Girls had consistently better survival rates than boys. White children experienced experienced consistently better survival rates than blacks. Of those who survived the first year, children with supratentorial tumors had better five‐year survival rates (46%) than those with infratentorial tumors (27%). Of those who survived the first year, children with astrocytomas had better survival rates than those with other types of tumors.