Below is a list of the most common pediatric CNS- tumors (children's brain tumors). The list is based on the WHO classification of CNS tumors and on the pediatric cancer register http://www.kinderkrebsregister.de/ and http://www.seer.cancer.gov/. The American Cancer Society estimated the number of new cases of pediatric CNS tumors in the US in 2019 to be 23,820, and the number of deaths attributable to CNS tumors to be 17,760. The incidence rates of the most common brain tumors for adult patients is very different, with meningiomas being the most common tumor, accounting for 38% of all cases, and with a much higher mortality each year. Tumor classification Frequency as % of total CNS tumors Pilocytic astrocytomas ~30% Diffuse astrocytomas ~12% Anaplastic astrocytomas ~2% Glioblastomas ~3% Oligodendroglial tumors ~1.5% Ependymal tumor ~9% Medulloblastomas ~20% Pineal tumors ~1.5% Meningeal tumors ~1.2% Germ cell tumors ~3%
Central nervous system tumor
Brain tumor
Spinal tumor
Brain stem tumor
Basal ganglia disease
Central nervous system viral disease
Spinal cord injury
Central nervous system cyst