title: TUMOURS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN CHILDREN.
abstract: One hundred and fifty-five tumours of the central nervous system which occurred in children in the north west of England during a period of nine years are analysed from a pathological point of view. It is probable that these represent over 90% of all such tumours occurring in the region at that time and that the relative incidence of various tumour types is, therefore, a true one: just over a fifth (35) were medulloblastomas; just under a fifth (29) were juvenile astrocytomas; a similar group (33) were of the adult astrocytic type; there were 24 ependymomas and 34 in miscellaneous minor groups.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma; D001932:Brain Neoplasms; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms; D002648:Child; D004739:England; D004806:Ependymoma; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma; D008527:Medulloblastoma; D008545:Melanoma; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms; D008579:Meningioma; D008637:Mesenchymoma; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010336:Pathology; D010871:Pinealoma; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms; D013724:Teratoma
keywords: ADOLESCENCE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ENGLAND; EPENDYMOMA; INFANT; LIPOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; NEOPLASM STATISTICS; PATHOLOGY; PINEALOMA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TERATOID TUMOR