Trends in the incidence of primary intracranial tumors in Osaka, Japan

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-294

  Nomura, Etsuko ^a   Ioka, Akiko ^a   Tsukuma, Hideaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Population based cancer registry; Trends in incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUMOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79251610661     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyq204     Document Type: Article

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