Epidemiological trends of histopathologically WHO classified CNS tumors in developing countries: Systematic review

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 205-216

  Khan, Ishaq ^a   Bangash, Mohammed ^a   Baeesa, Saleh ^a   Jamal, Awatif ^c   Carracedo, Angel ^b   Alghamdi, Fahad ^c   Qashqari, Hanadi ^a   Abuzenadah, Adel ^a   AlQahtani, Mohammed ^a   Damanhouri, Ghazi ^a   Chaudhary, Adeel ^a   Hussein, Deema ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Galega de Medicina Xenomica ^*

Author keywords

Cancer registries; CNS tumors; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Latitude; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; REGISTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84924230230     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.1.205     Document Type: Article

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