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Improving outcome of malignant brain tumours in very young children: a population‐based study in Finland during 1975‐93
Author(s) -
Ilveskoski I,
Pihko H,
Sankila R,
Lanning M,
Perkkiö M,
Äärimaa T,
Mäkipernaa A,
Saarinen UM
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb08575.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , population , survival rate , el niño , brain tumor , surgery , psychiatry , environmental health
Sixty‐four children with malignant brain tumours diagnosed at less than 3 years of age were reported to the Finnish Cancer Registry from 1975 to 1993. The survival rate has improved significantly: the 5‐year survival rate was 26% for all children, 13% for children diagnosed during 1975‐85 ( n = 30) and 40% for those diagnosed during 1986‐93 ( n = 4). Of the surviving children in 1986‐93, 43% were categorized in Bloom's group I or II and could lead active lives without major disabilities. The remaining children had severe neurologic late complications, such as hemiplegia, intractable seizures, and mental retardation.