Survival rates in patients with primary malignant brain tumors stratified by patient age and tumor histological type: An analysis based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data, 1973-1991

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Davis, Faith G ^a   Freels, Sally ^b   Grutsch, James ^b   Barlas, Suna ^b   Brem, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Brain tumor; Histology; Malignant tumor; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031963921     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.1.0001     Document Type: Article

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