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
Ontology
DOID 3069
GWAS catalog 0000272

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

Associations