Is the incidence of meningiomas underestimated? A regional survey.
We assessed the undercount of meningiomas in a population-based cancer registry. A comprehensive material was formed by compiling hospital sources with the Finnish Cancer Registry database. The completeness of each source ranged 62-69%. The corrected age-standardised meningioma incidence was 2.9/100,000 for men and 13.0/100,000 for women, a third higher than the cancer registry figures.
Larjavaara
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Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland. suvi.larjavaara@uta.fi
Haapasalo
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Sankila
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Helén
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P
Auvinen
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries