Primary brain tumour epidemiology in Georgia: First-year results of a population-based study

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-246

  Gigineishvili, David ^a,c   Shengelia, Nino ^a   Shalashvili, Giorgi ^a   Rohrmann, Sabine ^b   Tsiskaridze, Alexander ^a   Shakarishvili, Roman ^a  

^a TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Sarajishvili Institute of Neurology   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Georgian brain tumour registry; Incidence; Primary brain tumours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMARY TUMOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEORGIA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878534323     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1054-1     Document Type: Article

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