Brain tumor survival: Results from the national cancer data base

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-160

  Surawicz, Tanya S ^a   Davis, Faith ^a   Freels, Sally ^a   Laws Jr , Edward R ^b   Menck, Herman R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c National Cancer Data Base   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Epidemiology; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BEHAVIOR; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; ONSET AGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032438507     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006091608586     Document Type: Article

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