Brain astrocytoma
Description
astrocytoma: A glial tumor of the brain or spinal cord showing astrocytic differentiation. It includes the following clinicopathological entities: pilocytic astrocytoma, diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, and glioblastoma.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | C3_ASTROCYTOMA |
| Cancer reg: TOPOGRAPHY codes | C71 |
| Cancer reg: MORPHOLOGY codes | 9400 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | C |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 11 | N/A | 7 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.01 | N/A | 0.01 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 44.51 | N/A | 42.45 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | N/A | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 18.18 | N/A | 14.29 |