Limitations of using a cancer registry to identify incident primary intracranial tumours

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 94-97

  Counsell, Carl E ^a   Collie, Donald A ^a   Grant, Robert ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Incidence; Intracranial tumours

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030836688     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.1.94     Document Type: Article

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