Centralized databases available for describing primary brain tumor incidence, survival, and treatment: Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results; and National Cancer Data Base

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-211

  Davis, Faith G ^a   McCarthy, Bridget J ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033157174     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/1.3.205     Document Type: Article

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