Open AccessHistopathological Analysis of Brain Tumours- A Seven Year Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India
Author(s) -
Renu Thambi,
Subitha Kandamuthan,
S Sheeja,
Letha Vilasiniamma,
Tinu Ravi Abraham,
P. K. Balakrishnan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25623.9990
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , meningioma , epidemiology , pathology , presentation (obstetrics) , population , surgery , physics , environmental health , optics
Tumours of central nervous system constitute 1%-2% of tumours in adults. The incidence of brain tumours has been reported to be around 3.9 and 3.0/one lac/year in males and females respectively. A few studies are available from India which show a lower incidence of brain tumours compared to the developed countries. Not much is known about the epidemiology of brain tumours in the population from South India.