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CNS tumours in south‐western Finland: high location, high incidence
Author(s) -
Äärimaa T.,
Arola M.,
Salmi TT
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.tb14810.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , glioma , pediatrics , optics , cancer research , physics
The Department of Paediatrics at the University Central Hospital of Turku, Finland has 130 000 children under 17 y of age within its catchment area. We collected all 103 cases of newly diagnosed CNS tumours from the 15‐y period of 1981–95. The incidence was 5. 3: 100 000, a figure twofold those usually presented. During the period 1981 ‐85 the incidence was lower (4) than during the subsequent 5‐y periods (5. 7 and 6. 2). There were no statistical differences between the incidences of the supra‐ vs infratentorial brain tumours. Optic glioma was unusually common (17%, CI 13. 9–20%).