Pineal gland tumors: Experience from the SEER database

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Al Hussaini, Maysa ^a   Sultan, Iyad ^a   Abuirmileh, Najyah ^a   Jaradat, Imad ^a   Qaddoumi, Ibrahim ^b  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumors; Incidence; Pineal gland; Pineal parenchymal tumors; Pineoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249224541     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9881-9     Document Type: Article

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