The incidence of intracranial gliomas in southern Finland
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 78 (6) , 480-483
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1988.tb03691.x
Abstract
- 146 intracranial gliomas were found in an epidemiological study of adults in southern Finland 1978–1980. The mean adult population was 896,000 in the study area. The age- and sex-adjusted incidence was 5.6/100,000/year for all gliomas and 4.7 for the histologically verified ones. The incidence was 6.4 for men and 4.9 for women. Of the histologically verified 126 (86%) neoplasms 41 (32%) were glioblastomas, 29 (23%) anaplastic astrocytomas, 30 (24%) benign astrocytomas and 26 (21%) oligodendrogliomas, mixed oligo-astrocytomas, ependymomas, medullo-blastomas or gangliogliomas; 20 (14%) were without histological verification.Keywords
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