Descriptive epidemiology of primary brain and CNS tumors: Results from the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States, 1990-1994

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-25

  Surawicz, Tanya S ^a   McCarthy, Bridget J ^a   Kupelian, Varant ^a   Jukich, Patti J ^a   Bruner, Janet M ^b   Davis, Faith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; REGISTER; RISK; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PINEALOMA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032601052     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/1.1.14     Document Type: Article

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