Incidence and prevalence of primary malignant brain tumours in Canada from 1992 to 2017: an epidemiologic study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary malignant brain tumours account for more than one-third of all brain tumours and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence and prevalence of primary malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumours and trends in these rates in Canada from 1992 to 2017.

Methods

We conducted an epidemiologic study using publicly available data from the Canadian Cancer Registry from 1992 to 2017 (1994 to 2015 for prevalence) for all of Canada except Quebec (1992 to 2011). We calculated the incidence and prevalence per 100 000 person-years and the age-standardized incidence and prevalence per 100 000 person-years of primary malignant CNS tumours and stratified them by sex and age (pediatric [≥ 19 yr], adult [20-64 y

SUBMITTER: Voisin MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8580830 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature