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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The incidence of ependymoma is approximately 0.05 to 0.08 per 100,000 individuals in the United States.<ref name="cancergov">National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq</ref> The posterior fossa tumours tend to present more commonly in the paediatric age group (mean age at diagnosis is 6 years of age). Male and | The incidence of ependymoma is approximately 0.05 to 0.08 per 100,000 individuals in the United States.<ref name="cancergov">National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq</ref> The posterior fossa tumours tend to present more commonly in the paediatric age group (mean age at diagnosis is 6 years of age). Male and female are affected equally by ependymomal tumors. | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
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*The incidence of ependymoma is approximately 0.05 to 0.08 per 100,000 individuals in the United States.<ref name="cancergov">National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq</ref> | *The incidence of ependymoma is approximately 0.05 to 0.08 per 100,000 individuals in the United States.<ref name="cancergov">National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq</ref> | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
* The posterior fossa tumors tend to present more commonly among the paediatric age group (mean age at diagnosis is 6 years of age) | * The posterior fossa tumors tend to present more commonly among the paediatric age group (mean age at diagnosis is 6 years of age). | ||
* Subependymoma usually affects people older than 40 years of age. | * Subependymoma usually affects people older than 40 years of age. | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
*Males and females are affected equally by ependymomal tumors | *Males and females are affected equally by ependymomal tumors. | ||
* Subependymoma more often affects men than women. | * Subependymoma more often affects men than women. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [2]
Overview
The incidence of ependymoma is approximately 0.05 to 0.08 per 100,000 individuals in the United States.[1] The posterior fossa tumours tend to present more commonly in the paediatric age group (mean age at diagnosis is 6 years of age). Male and female are affected equally by ependymomal tumors.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of ependymoma is approximately 0.05 to 0.08 per 100,000 individuals in the United States.[1]
Age
- The posterior fossa tumors tend to present more commonly among the paediatric age group (mean age at diagnosis is 6 years of age).
- Subependymoma usually affects people older than 40 years of age.
Gender
- Males and females are affected equally by ependymomal tumors.
- Subependymoma more often affects men than women.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq