Incidence of childhood CNS tumours in Britain and variation in rates by definition of malignant behaviour: population-based study

Abstract Background Intracranial and intraspinal tumours are the most numerous solid tumours in children. Some recently defined subtypes are relatively frequent in childhood. Many cancer registries routinely ascertain CNS tumours of all behaviours, while others only cover malignant neoplasms. Some b...

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Main Authors: Charles A. Stiller, Anita M. Bayne, Aruna Chakrabarty, Tom Kenny, Paul Chumas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5344-7