Teratoma epidemiology and demographics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Gertrude Djouka, M.D.[2]

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Epidemiology and Demographics

The incidence of mature teratoma is approximately 1.2-14.2 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.^[1]

The incidence/prevalence of [disease name] is approximately [number range] per 100,000 individuals worldwide.
The prevalence of [disease/malignancy] is estimated to be [number] cases annually.

In [year], the incidence of [disease name] is approximately [number range] per 100,000 individuals with a case-fatality rate/mortality rate of [number range]%.
The case-fatality rate/mortality rate of [disease name] is approximately [number range].

Immature is mostly seen in younger patients and postpubertal males.^[2]^[3]
Mature teratoma commonly affects aldolescent, but it occurs in all age groups.^[2]

There is no racial predilection to [disease name].
[Disease name] usually affects individuals of the [race 1] race. [Race 2] individuals are less likely to develop [disease name].

[Disease name] affects men and women equally.
[Gender 1] are more commonly affected by [disease name] than [gender 2]. The [gender 1] to [gender 2] ratio is approximately [number > 1] to 1.

[Disease name] is a common/rare disease that tends to affect [patient population 1] and [patient population 2].

References

↑ Westhoff C, Pike M, Vessey M (1988). “Benign ovarian teratomas: a population-based case-control study”. Br J Cancer. 58 (1): 93–8. doi:10.1038/bjc.1988.171. PMC 2246492. PMID 3166898.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kao CS, Bangs CD, Aldrete G, Cherry AM, Ulbright TM (2018). “A Clinicopathologic and Molecular Analysis of 34 Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors Suggesting Different Modes of Teratoma Development”. Am J Surg Pathol. 42 (12): 1662–1673. doi:10.1097/PAS.0000000000001164. PMID 30256256.
↑ Outwater, Eric K.; Siegelman, Evan S.; Hunt, Jennifer L. (2001). “Ovarian Teratomas: Tumor Types and Imaging Characteristics”. RadioGraphics. 21 (2): 475–490. doi:10.1148/radiographics.21.2.g01mr09475. ISSN 0271-5333.

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