French brain tumor database: 5-year histological results on 25 756 cases

Brain Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 633-644

  Rigau, Valérie ^a   Zouaoui, Sonia ^b   Mathieu Daudé, Hélène ^b   Darlix, Amélie ^c   Maran, Aurélie ^a   Trétarre, Brigitte ^b   Bessaoud, Faiza ^b   Bauchet, Fabienne ^b   Attaoua, Redha ^b   Fabbro Peray, Pascale ^d,f   Fabbro, Michel ^b   Kerr, Christine ^b   Taillandier, Luc ^c   Duffau, Hugues ^e   Figarella Branger, Dominique ^e   Costes, Valérie ^a   Bauchet, Luc ^e  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^c Hopital Neurologique   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

brain tumor; database; epidemiology; neuro oncology; neuropathology; neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80054683944     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2011.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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