Open AccessTrends in primary brain tumors: A 5-year retrospective histologically confirmed study in Tabriz, Iran, 2011–2016
Author(s) -
Firooz Salehpour,
Farhad Mirzaei,
Ali Meshkini,
Sina Parsay,
Sana Salehi,
Mohammad Mahdi Bagheri Asl
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_212_18
Subject(s) - medicine , brain tumor , malignancy , medulloblastoma , meningioma , population , family history , incidence (geometry) , pathology , disease , oncology , physics , environmental health , optics
Tumors are the second-most common cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. Due to the high prevalence and mortality rate, brain tumors are of great importance and makeup about 5% of all tumors. Different types of brain tumors have their special pattern based on age, sex, complaints on admission, radiological signs and sometimes, their family history and seem these patterns are changing according to the geographic region over time. In this study, we evaluate the incidence of brain tumors in the northwest of Iran.