The Austrian Brain Tumour Registry: a cooperative way to establish a population-based brain tumour registry

In Austria, registration of malignant brain tumours is legally mandatory, whereas benign and borderline tumours are not reported. The Austrian Brain Tumour Registry (ABTR) was initiated under the auspices of the Austrian Society of Neuropathology for the registration of malignant and non-malignant b...

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Published in:Journal of neuro-oncology 2009-12, Vol.95 (3), p.401-411
Main Authors: Wöhrer, Adelheid, Waldhör, Thomas, Heinzl, Harald, Hackl, Monika, Feichtinger, Johann, Gruber-Mösenbacher, Ulrike, Kiefer, Andreas, Maier, Hans, Motz, Reinhard, Reiner-Concin, Angelika, Richling, Bernd, Idriceanu, Carmen, Scarpatetti, Michael, Sedivy, Roland, Bankl, Hans-Christian, Stiglbauer, Wolfgang, Preusser, Matthias, Rössler, Karl, Hainfellner, Johannes Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenoma - epidemiology
Adenoma - pathology
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Austria - epidemiology
Brain Neoplasms - epidemiology
Brain Neoplasms - pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Study - Patient Study
Ependymoma - epidemiology
Ependymoma - pathology
Female
Geographic Information Systems
Glioblastoma - epidemiology
Glioblastoma - pathology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Meningeal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology
Middle Aged
Neurology
Oligodendroglioma - epidemiology
Oligodendroglioma - pathology
Oncology
Registries - standards
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Reproducibility of Results
Sex Distribution
Young Adult
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Summary:In Austria, registration of malignant brain tumours is legally mandatory, whereas benign and borderline tumours are not reported. The Austrian Brain Tumour Registry (ABTR) was initiated under the auspices of the Austrian Society of Neuropathology for the registration of malignant and non-malignant brain tumours. All Austrian neuropathology units involved in brain tumour diagnostics contribute data on primary brain tumours. Non-microscopically verified cases are added by the Austrian National Cancer Registry to ensure a population-based dataset. In 2005, we registered a total of 1,688 newly diagnosed primary brain tumours in a population of 8.2 million inhabitants with an overall age-adjusted incidence rate of 18.1/100,000 person-years. Non-malignant cases constituted 866 cases (51.3%). The incidence rate was higher in females (18.6/100,000) as compared to males (17.8/100,000), while 95/1,688 (5.6%) cases were diagnosed in children (
ISSN:0167-594X
1573-7373
DOI:10.1007/s11060-009-9938-9