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Table 5 Intracranial and intraspinal tumours as second or later primary neoplasms among children aged 0–14 years resident in Great Britain, 2001–2010. Numbers of cases by age group, with total numbers of cases as first or only primary neoplasm for comparison
| Second neoplasms by age at diagnosis (years) | First neoplasms | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICCC-3 | 0 | 1–4 | 5–9 | 10–14 | Total | Total | |
| IIIa | Ependymoma & choroid plexus tumours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 402 |
| IIIa.1 | Ependymoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 291 |
| IIIb | Astrocytoma | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 1707 |
| IIIc | Embryonal tumours | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 717 |
| IIIc.1 | Medulloblastoma | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 522 |
| IIIc.2 | Embryonal CNS tumour NOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 111 |
| IIIc.4 | ATRT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
| IIId | Other gliomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 397 |
| IIId.1 | Oligodendroglioma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 34 |
| IIId.2 | Mixed and unspecified gliomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 340 |
| IIIe | Other specified tumours | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 577 |
| IIIe.4 | Mixed glial-neuronal tumours | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 223 |
| IIIe.5 | Meningioma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 50 |
| IIIf | Unspecified tumours | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 196 |
| Xa | Germ cell tumours | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170 |
| Total | 0 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 44 | 4166 | |
