Current epidemiology and management trends in acoustic neuroma

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 677-681

  Gal, Thomas J ^a   Shinn, Jennifer ^a   Huang, Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Kentucky Cancer Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TUMOR VOLUME; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROMA; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951882398     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.01.037     Document Type: Article

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