RT Book, Section
A1 Murad, Gregory A.
A1 Lynn, Michael
A1 Smith, Amy A.
A1 Smullen, David V.
A1 Bidari, Sharatchandra S.
A1 , Anna Co
A1 Pincus, David W.
A2 Carney, Paul R.
A2 Geyer, James D.
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ID 6654252
T1 Chapter 25. Brain Tumors
T2 Pediatric Practice: Neurology
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148925-6
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6654252
RD 2024/04/19
AB Pediatric  brain  tumors  represent  the  second  most  common  form  of  pediatric  cancer  and  the  most  common  solid  malignancy.  The  most  recent  statistics  available  report  findings  from  2004,  and  they  show  that  the  incidence  of  pediatric  brain  tumors  is  approximately  1100  per  year,  representing  20%  of  all  childhood  cancers.  These  neoplasms  also  represent  the  second  leading  cause  of  cancer  death  in  US  children,  and  the  sixth  leading  cause  of  death  in  US  children  overall.1,2  Survival  for  children  with  central  nervous  system  (CNS)  neoplasms,  however,  has  dramatically  risen  over  the  past  30  years,  with  5-year  survival  rates  of  74%,  up  from  57%  in  1977.  Most  of  these  results  are  due  to  a  combination  of  improved  chemotherapeutic  regimens,  more  accurately  targeted  and  dosed  radiation,  and  safer,  more  accurate  surgical  resection  techniques.1,3