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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Marjan Khan M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
The incidence of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is approximately 0.1 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[1] The incidence of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor increases with age.[1] Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor affects men and women equally.[2]
Incidence
- The incidence of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is approximately 0.1 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[1]
Age
- The incidence of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor increases with age.[1]
Gender
- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor affects men and women equally.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bates JE, Peterson CR, Dhakal S, Giampoli EJ, Constine LS (2014). "Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST): a SEER analysis of incidence across the age spectrum and therapeutic interventions in the pediatric population". Pediatr Blood Cancer. 61 (11): 1955–60. doi:10.1002/pbc.25149. PMID 25130403.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/malignant-peripheral-nerve-sheath-tumour