A system review of central nervous system tumors on children in China: epidemiology and clinical characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the most common solid tumors in children and the leading cause of cancer-related death in the latter. Currently, the incidence rate exceeds that of leukemia and ranks first in the incidence of malignant tumors in children.

Methods

The epidemiological data on childhood CNS tumors were collected from the Chinese Cancer Registry Annual Report. The annual percent change (APC) of incidence and mortality-rate changes were estimated via Joinpoint regression. Due to a lack of pertinent data, we performed a system review on the clinical-pathological characteristics in Chinese publications.

Results

There was no significant increase in the incidence rate (APC: -0.1, 95% CI: -1.5 to 1.3), but there was a significant increase in t

SUBMITTER: Yao B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10821253 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature