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ISSN 2063-5346
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CLINICAL PROFILE OF INTRACRANIAL TUMORS IN CHILDREN LESS THAN 15 YEARS AGE IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS PUNE MAHARSHTRA

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Dr.Vineeta Pande, Dr K.S.K.Srija, Dr Renuka jadhav, Dr.K S S P Siddartha, Dr P sai sindhuja reddy, Dr Charusheela R gore, Dr S.R Agarkhedkar
ยป doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s2.075

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Introduction: Tumors of the central nervous system are the second most common childhood tumor after leukemia,1 constituting about 35% of all cancers. According to American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures 2022 more than 10,000 children under 15 years age must have been diagnosed with cancer in 2022. Childhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades. After accidents, cancer is the leading cause of death in 1 to 14 years age group . More than 1000children less than 15 years age are expected to die from cancer in 2022.2In India, 50%โ€“120% increase in incidence of childhood brain tumors has been noted over the past 3 decades.3Various explanations have been proposed for this incidence increase out of which the use of magnetic resonance imaging is the most important one . Boys' age-adjusted cancer incidence rates ranged from 18.6 to 159.6 per million, while girls' rates ranged from 11.3 to 112.4 million. The Southern region of the country had the highest incidence (159.6) of men, while the North-East had the lowest incidence (18.6) of both boys and girls (11.3). Boys were more likely to have leukaemia and lymphoma than girls were, whereas females were more likely to develop brain tumors and leukaemia. A detailed understanding of the global incidence and distribution of the various neoplasms is crucial for the study needed in the field of childhood CNS cancers. Few reports from lower- and middle-income countries are currently available7,8,9, and there is no published database on the profile of pediatric brain tumors in India, which is a very challenging and enormous endeavor.Hence this study was conducted. Materials And Methods:This is a cross sectional study done over a period of 3 years in a tertiary care centre with a sample size of 42 Children aged between 1month and 15 years diagnosed with any type of intracranial tumors admitted in our institute .After taking consent from parents or caretakers of patient fulfilling the inclusion criteria the patients were enrolled. Detailed history was taken and examination of the patient was done with specific emphasis on CNS examination.MRI/CT BRAIN of the patient was done to study the different radiological findings and was classified as per MRI BRAIN findings

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