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 |