Temporal trends in incidence of primary brain tumors in the United States, 1985-1999

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Hoffman, Sara ^a   Propp, Jennifer M ^a   McCarthy, Bridget J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Epidemiology; Incidence; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEWBORN; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 31544454680     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S1522851705000323     Document Type: Article

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