Medulloblastoma Statistics

Brain tumors are now the most common cancer and cause of cancer-related death in children less than 15 years of age. They are the most common solid tumor in children – accounting for approximately 25% of all childhood cancers.

• Approximately 435 patients are diagnosed each year in the US, with more than 70% of them being pediatric.
• There are an estimated 6,000 people living with medulloblastoma.
• The 5 year survival rate is approximately 80%, though survival rates can vary greatly depending on age, spread, recurrence, and subtype.
• Medulloblastoma accounts for approximately 20% of all childhood brain tumors and 63% of intracranial embryonic tumors. These tumors can arise throughout childhood and into adulthood with an overall annual incidence of approximately 5 cases per 1 million in the pediatric population.
• 75% of medulloblastomas occur in children under the age of 10, with incidence peaking in children 1–4 and 5–9 years of age.
• Medulloblastoma is more common in males, affecting approximately 1.7 times more males than females, although sex predilection as well as age-specific incidence vary by subgroup.
• Medulloblastoma is far more rare in adulthood, with a reported incidence of 0.05 cases per 100,000 population.
  

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