What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate the incidence and characteristics of brain tumours in elderly patients over a seven-year period.

January 1, 1978Age and Ageing

Brain Tumours in the Elderly

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Descriptive study assesses brain tumours in the elderly, revealing low incidence and tumor type distribution similar to younger adults.

To evaluate the incidence and characteristics of brain tumours in elderly patients over a seven-year period.
Analyzed admission records in a geriatric department over seven years, capturing incidence rates.
Reviewed histological types of tumours and associated clinical histories of symptomatic cases.
Cerebral tumour incidence was 0.9% of all admissions in the geriatric department.
Tumour types and distributions were comparable to those found in younger adults.
Only 0.4% of stroke diagnoses were later found to be cerebral tumours.

C. Twomey (1978) studied this question.

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