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Table 7 Summary of findings of positive (+ve)a and negative (-ve)b findings of space-time clustering from recent childhood studies

From: Space-time clustering of childhood central nervous system tumours in Yorkshire, UK

Study/Disease Group (ICCCc Code(s))

McNally and colleagues7

McNally and colleagues5,6

This study

Ependymoma (III(a))

-ve

d

-ve

Astrocytoma (III(b))

+ve

-ve

-ve

Ependymoma and Astrocytoma (III(a), III(b))

+ve

d

-ve

PNET (III(c))

-ve

-ve

+ve

Other gliomas (III(d))

-ve

d

-ve

All CNS tumours (III(a-f))

+ve

+ve

-ve

  1. a P < 0.05.
  2. b P ≥ 0.05.
  3. cInternational Classification of Childhood Cancer.
  4. dNot analysed