Open AccessA Case for the Worldwide Collection of Primary Benign Brain Tumors
Author(s) -
Bridget J. McCarthy,
Kate A. Schellinger,
Jennifer M. Propp,
Carol Kruchko,
Beatrice Malmer
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000230808
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , brain tumor , cancer , pathology , physics , optics
Incidence data on malignant tumors are reported by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, with 189,485 new malignant brain tumors globally in 2002. However, collection and reporting of benign brain tumors are not universal. The objective here is to encourage the collection of primary benign brain tumors worldwide.
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