Prastiya Indra Gunawan and Darto Saharso (2018) Clinical Features of Childhood Brain Tumor in Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya. In: Dutch Foundation for Postgraduate Medical Course in Indonesia Current Comprehensive Management of CNS Tumors. Dwiputra Pustaka Jaya, Sidoarjo, pp. 5-7. ISBN 978-602-6604-35-4

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Abstract

Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the most common solid tumor and the second leading cause of cancer related death in individuals 0 to 19 years of age in the United States and Canada. There are >100 different histologic subtypes of CNS tumors with the incidence of each varying by age and histologic subtype. Childhood CNS tumor incidence varies by country from 1.12 to 5.14 cases per 100,000 persons. CBTs are more common in males, though this varies by histologic type. In the United States, whites and AAsians Pacific Islanders have a higher CBT incidence than blacks and American Indians/Alaska Natives, whereas nonHispanics have higher incidence thans Hispanics. Subtype incidence and survival rates are reviewe. here we report a 3 years experience of managing Childhood Brain Tumors (CBTs) in Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya.

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