Survival from brain tumours in england and wales up to 2001

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue , 2008, Pages S98-S101

  Rachet, B ^a   Mitry, E ^b   Quinn, M J ^c   Cooper, N ^c   Coleman, M P ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WALES;

EID: 52449121943     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604603     Document Type: Article

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