Methodology Report

Epidemiological Study of the Incidence of Cancers Eligible for Proton or Carbon Ions Therapy: Methodology and Results of Recruitment Estimation

Table 5

Results, EpiHadron: list of cases identified by anatomical type for paediatric tumours.

Paediatric tumoursCategoryLocationPopulation sizes ( )%

Neurological tumoursNeuroblastoma The base of the skull14.8
Neuroblastoma Right adrenal gland 14.8
Neuroblastoma The adrenal glands14.8
Grade IV medulloblastoma The posterior cerebral fossa29.5
Glioma The brain stem lymph nodes14.8
Glioma The optic nerve14.8
Glioma Hypothalamic-chiasmatic 14.8
Craniopharyngioma14.8

SarcomasOsteosarcoma Thigh and leg bone and cartilage14.8
Osteosarcoma Upper end of the humerus14.8
Osteogenic Osteosarcoma The calvarium 14.8
Ewing's sarcoma523.8
Rhabdoid sarcoma14.8
Xanthoastrocytoma Temporal neurological14.8
Rhabdoid tumour The clival region29.5

Total paediatric tumours21100