作者: Thomas J. Gal , Jennifer Shinn , Bin Huang
DOI: 10.1016/J.OTOHNS.2010.01.037
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摘要: Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the epidemiology acoustic neuroma and determine current trends in therapy using tumor registry techniques.Study Design: Analysis a national database.Subjects Methods: Surveillance Epidemiology End Results (SEER) database is that began identify abstract benign borderline tumors brain central nervous system year 2004. Coding for International Classification Diseases Oncology (ICD-O-3) codes schwannoma (9560/0) with collaborative staging (CS) coding nerve (72.4) used neuromas. Demographic data, size, treatment data were analyzed.Results: A total 1621 patients identified, an incidence rate 1.1/100,000. Mean age 53.1 years. Tumors equally distributed across gender laterality, majority (84%) occurring Caucasians. Nine hundred sixty-four (59.5%) trea...