The rationale for standardized registration and reporting of brain and central nervous system tumors in population-based cancer registries

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 308-316

  Davis, Faith G ^a   Bruner, Janet M ^b   Surawicz, Tanya S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Cancer registries; Central nervous system tumors; Histology; Incidence; Site

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; REGISTRATION; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030688899     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109703     Document Type: Article

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