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Table 1 Changes and additions to morphology codes for intracranial and intraspinal tumours between ICD-O-1 (1976) [14], ICD-O-2 (1990) [15] and ICD-O-3 (2000) [16]. Changes to behaviour code are in bold italics. ICCC-3: category in International Classification of Childhood Cancer, Third Edition [6]

From: Incidence of childhood CNS tumours in Britain and variation in rates by definition of malignant behaviour: population-based study

Entity

ICD-O-1

ICD-O-2

ICD-O-3

ICCC-3

Papillary ependymoma

9393/1

9393/1

9393/3

IIIa.1

Pilocytic astrocytoma

9421/3

9421/3

9421/1

IIIb

Spongioblastoma, NOS

9422/3

9422/3

9421/1

IIIb

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

–

9424/3

9424/3

IIIb

Gliofibroma

–

–

9442/1

IIIb

Large cell medulloblastoma

–

–

9474/3

IIIc.1

Primitive neuroectodermal tumour, NOS (now Embryonal CNS tumour, NOS)

–

9473/3

9473/3

IIIc.2

Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour

–

8963/3

9508/3

IIIc.4

Chordoid glioma

–

–

9444/1

IIId.3

Prolactinoma

–

8271/0

8271/0

IIIe.1

Pituitary adenoma, NOS

8140/0

8140/0

8272/0

IIIe.1

Pituitary carcinoma, NOS

8010/3

8010/3

8272/3

IIIe.1

Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma

–

–

9351/1

IIIe.2

Papillary craniopharyngioma

–

–

9352/1

IIIe.2

Granular cell tumour of the sellar region

9580/0

9580/0

9582/0

IIIe.2

Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma

–

–

9412/1

IIIe.4

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour

–

–

9413/0

IIIe.4

Gangliocytoma

–

9490/0

9492/0

IIIe.4

Dysplastic gangliocytoma of cerebellum

–

–

9493/0

IIIe.4

Anaplastic ganglioglioma

–

–

9505/3

IIIe.4

Clear cell meningioma

  

9538/1

IIIe.5

Papillary meningioma

9538/1

9538/1

9538/3

IIIe.5