Nervous system neoplasms and primary malignancies of other sites: The unique association between meningiomas and breast cancer

Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1975, Pages 705-712

  Schoenberg, Bruce S ^a   Christine, Barbara W ^b   Whisnant, Jack P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Connecticut State Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER; DIAGNOSIS; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0016745401     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.25.8.705     Document Type: Article

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