Racial/ethnic and sex differences in young adult malignant brain tumor incidence by histologic type.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brain tumors are among the top four cancers in young adults. We assessed important windows of tumor development and examined the interplay of race/ethnicity, age, and sex in young adult brain tumor incidence.

Methods

Using SEER 18 data (2000-2017), incidence rates were estimated by Poisson regression in individuals aged 20-39 years at diagnosis. Incidence rate ratios (IRR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were estimated by race/ethnicity, sex and age for 12 malignant histologies.

Results

White incidence for all histologies was higher (White vs. Black IRR: 2.09, 95% CI: 1.94, 2.24; White vs Asian Pacific Islander IRR: 1.88, 95% CI: 1.75, 2.03; White vs Hispanic IRR: 1.70, 95% CI: 1.62, 1.78; White vs American Indian IRR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.14, 1.73). Minor

SUBMITTER: Monterroso P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8792328 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature