Brain and central nervous system tumor statistics: access to accurate data for all countries is critical!

Jill S Barnholtz-Sloan^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS), Hinsdale, Illinois.

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Jill S Barnholtz-Sloan. Neuro Oncol. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 19;21(3):291-292.

doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noy205.

Jill S Barnholtz-Sloan^{1

2}

¹ Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS), Hinsdale, Illinois.

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Malignant primary brain and other central nervous system tumors diagnosed in Canada from 2009 to 2013.
Walker EV, Davis FG; CBTR founding affiliates. Walker EV, et al. Neuro Oncol. 2019 Feb 19;21(3):360-369. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noy195. Neuro Oncol. 2019. PMID: 30649461 Free PMC article.

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