Brain Tumours: Rise in Glioblastoma Multiforme Incidence in England 1995–2015 Suggests an Adverse Environmental or Lifestyle Factor

Table 1

ONS WHO ICD10 brain tumour data for England.

		1995	2015
C71	Malignant primary neoplasm of brain	cases	cases
C71.0	Cerebrum except lobes & ventricles	154	213
C71.1	Frontal lobe	533	1231
C71.2	Temporal lobe	334	994
C71.3	Parietal lobe	506	587
C71.4	Occipital lobe	95	162
C71.5	Cerebral ventricle	31	47
C71.6	Cerebellum	138	143
C71.7	Brain stem	72	99
C71.8	Overlapping lesion of brain	262	208
C71.9	Brain, unspecified site	1286	770
C71	All topology sites	3411	4454
D43	Uncertain behaviour (no histology data)
		1998	2015
D43.0-43.2	Unspecified tumour details - cases	361	383