Second cancers in patients with brain tumours - Impact of treatment

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-105

  Salminen, E ^a   Pukkala, E ^b   Teppo, L ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Glioma; Meningeoma; Radiotherapy; Second cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033061583     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00341-4     Document Type: Article

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