Incidence and survival of childhood CNS tumours in the Region of Lombardy, Italy

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1429-1436

  Farinotti, Mariangela ^a   Ferrarini, Massimo ^a   Solari, Alessandra ^a   Filippini, Graziella ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood CNS tumours; Incidence; Population based; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031825150     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.8.1429     Document Type: Article

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