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Brain Tumors Diagnosed at Prasat Neurological Institute in 2011,

A Statistical Report

Ekkapot Jitpun MD., Jiroje Jiranukul MD., Supachai Merdthaisong MD.,,

Anusak Liang-udom MD.,, Wuttipong Tirakotai MD.,

Department of Neurosurgery, Prasat Neurological Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

Background and Objectives: Brain tumors epidemiologic study not only has

significant impacts on an institute’s policy but also affects in country’s

socioeconomic status and health care policy. Brain tumors data in Thailand is

currently not available. Thus, we launched a Thai Brain Tumor Registry Project

which The brain tumors data has been retrospectively collecting from 8

collaborating institutes cancer registries in Thailand . But the aim of this study

is to report newly diagnosed brain tumors only at Prasat Neurological Institute

in 2011.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients’ medical records. Factors,

including age, genders, places of birth, types of surgery, pathological reports,

patient referral system and medical planning were analyzed. The reports

adopted WHO classification of tumor of the CNS and also including

informations on pituitary gland and other CNS tumors. The data was collected

from 213 newly diagnosed brain tumors at Prasat Neurological Institute in 2011.

The Data analysis was reported descriptively in terms of number, proportion

and percentage

Results: 92.96% of patients underwent surgery and had pathological reports,

whereas the other group (7.04%) had only diagnostic brain imaging without

pathological reports. The most common tumor was meningioma (39.72%),

meanwhile pituitary adenoma (13.08%), schwannoma (8.41%), metastatic brain

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