title: [Epidemiology and etiology of posterior fossa tumors with particular emphasis on astrocytomas from the Małopolska and Podkarpacki regions].
abstract: Brain tumors in children are rare compared with other diseases childhood. Virtually every pediatrician working at the local hospital has been in contact or brain tumor diagnosis was that more half of them recognized the posterior fossa tumor. Analysis of surveys showed difficulties in the interpretation of basic neurological symptoms. Lessons learned from these studies point to the fact that the success of the surgery affects mainly the histological type of tumor and its location. It is extremely important to analyze complaints and symptoms young patients, we should listen to the parents of children with, because usually just parents are the first to notice that their offspring something was wrong.
authors.forename: Lesław
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ciepiela
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ciepiela
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowski
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology