Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Infant and Childhood Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2007-2011

Brain tumors are a significant source of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in infants and children. This age group is diagnosed with unique groups of cancers and requires separate reporting in order to accurately portray the state of brain tumors in these populations. The Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS) is the largest population-based registry of primary brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors in the United States (US), and covers 99.8% of the US population for the period between 2007 and 2011 (for 2011 only, data was available for 50 out of 51 registries). The objective of the CBTRUS Statistical Report: Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Infant and Childhood Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2007–2011 is to provide a comprehensive summary of the current descriptive epidemiology of primary brain and CNS tumors of childhood (0–14 years) in the US population. CBTRUS obtained the latest available data on all newly diagnosed primary brain and CNS tumors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program for diagnosis years 2007–2011. Incidence counts and rates of primary malignant and non-malignant brain and CNS tumors are documented by histology, gender, age, race, and Hispanic ethnicity. Mortality and relative survival rates for selected malignant histologies calculated using SEER data for the period 1995–2011 are also presented.