Are reported increases in incidence of primary CNS tumours real? An analysis of longitudinal trends in England, 1979-2003

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1607-1616

  Arora, Ramandeep S ^a   Alston, Robert D ^a   Eden, Tim O B ^a   Estlin, Edward J ^b   Moran, Anthony ^c   Geraci, Marco ^a   Birch, Jillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Central nervous system tumours; England; Longitudinal trends; Tumour incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROIMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREND STUDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77952672750     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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