Brain tumors

In 2009, about 61,414 new cases of primary brain tumors were expected to be diagnosed in the US, including 22,738 malignant brain tumors and 38,677 nonmalignant brain tumors. (CBTRUS (2009). CBTRUS statistical report: primary brain and central nervous system tumors diagnosed in the United States in 2004-2005. Source: central brain tumor registry of the United States, Hinsdale. Website: www.cbtrus.org.) Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in children (Ries LAG, Melbert D, Krapcho M, Mariotto A, Miller BA, Feuer EJ, Clegg L, Horner MJ, Holader N, Eisner MP, Reichman M, Edwards BK, editors. SEER cancer statistics review, 1975-2004, National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975-2004/, based on November 2006 SEER data submission, posted to the SEER web site, 2007.) and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children under the age of 20 Years. (Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, et al. Cancer statistics, 2009. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. American Cancer Society. Published online May 2009.) In 2009, approximately 4,000 children younger than age 20 years were diagnosed with primary brain tumors, 2,875 of which were younger than 15 years. (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (www.seer.cancer.gov) SEER∗Stat Database: Incidence - SEER 17 Regs Limited-Use + Hurricane Katrina Impacted Louisiana Cases, Nov 2008 Sub (2000-2006) <Katrina/Rita Population Adjustment> - Linked To County Attributes - Total U.S., 1969-2006 Counties, National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch, released April 2009, based on the November 2008 submission. Analyzed by CBTRUS July 13, 2009.).