The CBTRUS story: Providing accurate population-based statistics on brain and other central nervous system tumors for everyone

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 295-298

  Kruchko, Carol ^a   Ostrom, Quinn T ^a,b   Gittleman, Haley ^a,b   Barnholtz Sloan, Jill S ^a,b  

^a Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042286598     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noy006     Document Type: Review

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