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Epidemiology
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ncidence: 2% of all cancers
In Europe: 57,099 new cases in 2012 (Eucan)
In US: 28.6 per 100,000 persons (data from 51 cancer registries, 2008-2012)
The annual age-adjusted mortality rate in US (2008 to 2012) was 5.8 per 100,000 population.
The approximate 5-year survival rate for malignant brain tumors is 34 %.
The 5-year survival rates for anaplastic astrocytoma is 28 % and for glioblastoma 5 %.
Global burden of disease cancer collaboration, JAMA 2015
Ostrom et al, Neuro Oncol, 2015