Epidemiology of Nervous System Tumors According to WHO 2007 Classification: A Report of 1,164 Cases from a Single Hospital

摘要: Background: The central nervous system (CNS) belongs to heterogeneous group of glial and non-glial brain tumors. Increase in the frequency CNS tumors Iran have been a cause for debate concern. Objectives: aim this study was estimate principal cancers, using cancer data records 7-year period hospital Mashhad, Iran. Methods: This is based on department surgical pathology, Razavi hospital, We analyzed 1,164 cancers diagnosed from 2006 2013. It includes spinal cord tumors, primary such as lymphomas, which are hematological malignancies metastatic originating external system. varies widely across period. Results: majority tumor locations were frontal (13.2%), pituitary (11.7%), parietal (10.6%), Spinal (8.9%), Temporal (8%), base skull (6.3%). most frequently reported histologies meningiomas (33.6%) glioblastomamultiforme (15.8%) that strongly influenced overall results. Higher numbers glioblastoma, myxopapillaryependymoma, fibrillary astrocytoma, craniopharyngioma, hemangio-blastoma, oligodendro-glioma, sarcoma observed male than female patients. Meningioma, neurofibroma, choroid plexus papilloma only with significant excess female. Conclusions: noted higher occurred at age 51 60 years. Although hospital-based, first delineate burden north-east by age, sex, histology type, anatomical site, laterality.