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==Overview== | |||
===Epidemiology & Demographics=== | |||
Teratoma qualifies as a [[rare disease]], but is not extremely rare. Sacrococcygeal teratoma alone is diagnosed at birth in 1 out of 40,000 babies. Given the current [[world population]] [[birth rate]], this equals 5 per day or 1800 per year. Add to that number sacrococcygeal teratomas diagnosed later in life, and teratomas in other locations, and the [[Incidence (epidemiology)|incidence]] approaches 10,000 new diagnoses of teratoma per year. | |||
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Overview
Epidemiology & Demographics
Teratoma qualifies as a rare disease, but is not extremely rare. Sacrococcygeal teratoma alone is diagnosed at birth in 1 out of 40,000 babies. Given the current world population birth rate, this equals 5 per day or 1800 per year. Add to that number sacrococcygeal teratomas diagnosed later in life, and teratomas in other locations, and the incidence approaches 10,000 new diagnoses of teratoma per year.