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BACKGROUND. Brain tumors are the most common disease group of solid tumors in childhood, and children with brain tumors have a relatively poor survival rate. Epidemiologic data from a population-based cancer registry provide the necessary information to obtain a full picture of the frequency of this disease, which is a great challenge in pediatric oncology. METHODS. The German Childhood Cancer Registry (GCCR) is a population-based registry. The level of completeness of patient registration is...BACKGROUND. Brain tumors are the most common disease group of solid tumors in childhood, and children with brain tumors have a relatively poor survival rate. Epidemiologic data from a population-based cancer registry provide the necessary information to obtain a full picture of the frequency of this disease, which is a great challenge in pediatric oncology. METHODS. The German Childhood Cancer Registry (GCCR) is a population-based registry. The level of completeness of patient registration is 95%, but it is somewhat lower for patients with brain tumors. More than 300 children with newly diagnosed brain tumors are reported every year. Analyses of GCCR data are performed according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer and the recently published World Health Organization classification of tumors of the nervous system. In addition, incidence rates of childhood brain tumors in Germany are compared with those of other countries, as published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. RESULTS. In the years 1990-1999, a total of 3268 brain tumors were observed (excluding intracranial and intraspinal germ cell tumors). The respective incidence rate for children age » weiterlesen» einklappen

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