Table 1 Seizure frequency within different primary brain tumours and within cerebral metastases from various primary tumours
Cerebral tumour | Frequency |
|---|---|
Primary brain tumours | |
Malignant Glioma | 50% |
Low Grade Glioma | 75% |
Dysembryoblastic neuroepithelial | 100% |
Ganglioglioma | 90% |
PCNSL | 10% |
Cerebral metastases | |
Melanoma | 67% |
Lung | 39% |
Unknown histology | 25% |
Gastrointestinal tumours | 21% |
Breast cancer | 16% |
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma | 15% |
Gynaecological | 11% |
Prostate cancer | 0% |
Others | 12% |
Total | 20-40% |
Other neurooncological disease | |
Neoplastic Meningitis | 10% |
Oncological patients in general | 14% |