Consistency of primary brain tumor diagnoses and codes in cancer surveillance systems

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-93

  Castillo, Monette S ^a   Davis, Faith G ^a   Surawicz, Tanya ^a   Bruner, Janet M ^a   Bigner, Sandra ^a   Coons, Stephen ^a   Bigner, Darell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Diagnosis; Nosology; Pathology; Primary brain tumor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942268192     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073980     Document Type: Review

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