A population-based description of glioblastoma multiforme in Los Angeles County, 1974-1999

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2798-2806

  Chakrabarti, Indro ^a   Cockburn, Myles ^a   Cozen, Wendy ^a   Wang, Ya Ping ^a   Preston Martin, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glioblastoma multiforme; Incidence; Outcomes; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENDER; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 29144530536     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21539     Document Type: Article

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