Brain and Other Central Nervous System Cancers: Recent Trends in Incidence and Mortality

Jack Legler; Lynn A. G. Ries; Malcolm A. Smith; Joan L. Warren; Ellen F. Heineman; Richard Kaplan; Martha S. Linet

doi:10.1093/jnci/91.16.1382

Abstract

Improvements in diagnosis and changes in the diagnosis and treatment of elderly patients provide likely explanations for the observed patterns in brain cancer trends.

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Incidence (geometry)MedicineDemographyEpidemiologyAge groupsCancerMortality rateBrain cancerBrain tumorGerontologyPathologySurgeryInternal medicine

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 91
Issue: 16
Pages: 1382-1390
Citations: 460
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                                    Jack Legler, 
                                
                                    Lynn A. G. Ries, 
                                
                                    Malcolm A. Smith
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Brain and Other Central Nervous System Cancers: Recent Trends in Incidence and Mortality. 
                            JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
                            , 91
                            (16)
                            , 1382-1390.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/91.16.1382
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.16.1382