Effects of socioeconomic and geographic variations on survival for adult glioma in England and Wales

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-263

  Tseng, Jen Ho ^a   Merchant, Edwin ^b   Tseng, Ming Yuan ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cancer registry; Geography; Glioma; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; SURVIVAL RATE; WALES;

EID: 33747796968     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.03.048     Document Type: Article

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