Time Trends of Brain Tumors in Jordan: Age at Diagnosis, Gender and Histological Type

Tamimi A.
Juweid M.E.
Husein A.M.
Obeidat F.
Salih Q.
Tamimi F.

Publication date

January 2021

Publisher

University of Jordan,Deanship of Scientific Research

Abstract

In Arab Countries, including Jordan, limited descriptive brain cancer data is available. We investigated the time trends of brain tumors with respect to gender and histological type distribution and age at our institution over the 1981-2011 period. We found a slight male predominance (52%, P< 0.05) throughout the study period for all tumors combined, with more pronounced male predominance for glioblastoma multiforme, anaplastic astrocytoma and oligodendroglioma. Meningioma and pinocytoma showed female predominance (P<0.05). The gender distribution was stable for all histological types over the entire 30-year period. Relative frequency of all histological types was stable over the 30-year period except for anaplastic astrocytoma. However, th...