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Epidemiology and Demographics

Incidence

• Childhood ependymoma comprises approximately 9% of all childhood brain tumors, representing about 200 cases per year in the United States.

Prevalence

• Ependymomas make up about 5% of adult intracranial gliomas and up to 10% of childhood tumors of the central nervous system (CNS).

Age

• Their occurrence seems to peak at age 5 years and then again at age 34.
• Subependymoma usually affects people over 40 years of age.

Gender

• Subependymoma more often affects men than women.

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