Brain cancer incidence in children: Time to look beyond the trends

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-112

  Gurney, James G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Children; CNS cancer; Epidemiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Trends

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; INCIDENCE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 0033174520     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199908)33:2<110::AID-MPO9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Short Survey

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