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Brain Tumors

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Pediatric Neuroradiology

Abstract

Brain tumors in children account for 15% to 20% of all primary brain tumors. They are the most common solid neoplasms in children, and the second most common category of pediatric tumors after leukemia [1]. Although there is wide variability in the literature, the amount of new cases per year is estimated to range between 2 and 5:100,000 children [1, 2].

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    Paolo Tortori-Donati MD (Head), Andrea Rossi MD (Senior Staff Neuroradiologist), Roberta Biancheri MD, PhD (Consultant Child Neurologist) & Armando Cama MD (Head)

  2. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, G. Gaslini Children’s Research Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Maria Luisa Garrè MD (Director of Neurooncology Unit)

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Tortori-Donati, P., Rossi, A., Biancheri, R., Garrè, M.L., Cama, A. (2005). Brain Tumors. In: Pediatric Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26398-5_10

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