Epidemiological profile of brain tumors in Cameroon: a retrospective study

• Published in: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Motah, Mathieu, Gams Massi, Daniel, Fouda Bekolo, Fabien, Akweseh Nju, Nkemontoh, Ndoumbe, Aurélien, Moumi, Mireille, Sango, Anne, Shu, Paul, Eyenga, Victor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17.09.2021; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Age; Astrocytoma; Biopsy; Brain cancer; Brain research; Brain tumors; Cameroon; Data collection; Epidemiology; Females; Gender; Hospitals; Males; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meningioma; Metastasis; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Patients; Pituitary adenoma; Psychiatry; Radiation therapy; Tumors; Cameroon; Cameroon; Epidemiology; Brain tumors; Meningioma; Astrocytoma; Pituitary adenoma

Background Brain tumors represent group of neoplasms originating from intracranial tissues and the meninges. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological profile of brain tumors seen in a referral health center in Cameroon. We carried out a 10-year retrospective study in the neurosurgi...