A multicenter study of primary brain tumor incidence in Australia (2000-2008)

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 783-790

  Dobes, Martin ^a,b   Shadbolt, Bruce ^a,b   Khurana, Vini G ^a,b   Jain, Sanjiv ^a,b   Smith, Sarah F ^c   Smee, Robert ^d   Dexter, Mark ^e   Cook, Raymond ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Brain tumor; Incidence; Primary neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052767489     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nor052     Document Type: Article

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