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Supratentorial Tumours

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Brain tumours are a relatively rare pathology, and their incidence is less than 1 case per 20,000 (Orrison and Hart 2000), or 7.9–13 cases per 100,000 (Greig 1990). The morbidity peak is in elderly and senile patients, while in children the incidence is much lower, about 2–4 cases per 100,000. According to U.S. statistical data, about 15,000 cases of newly diagnosed patients with primary brain tumours are reported annually (Berens and Rutka 1990). On the basis of studies performed in the Great Britain, Germany, Finland and several other counties, WHO estimates the incidence of approximately 4.5–13 new cases of brain tumours per 100,000. In St. Petersburg, this number is about 13.9 patients per 100,000 people annually (Ulitin 2005). Presumably, the minimal annual morbidity of primary brain tumours in Russia and Moscow is about 14,000 and 1,000 patients accordingly (Yartsev 1997)

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(2009). Supratentorial Tumours. In: Diagnostic Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75653-8_4

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