CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2008-2012

T. Ostrom, Quinn; Gittleman, Haley; Fulop, Jordonna; Liu, Max; Blanda, Rachel; Kromer, Courtney; Wolinsky, Yingli; Kruchko, Carol; S. Barnholtz‐Sloan, Jill

doi:10.1093/neuonc/nov189

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CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2008-2012

Published in Neuro-Oncology • Oct 1, 2015

Authors:

Quinn T. Ostrom

Haley Gittleman

Jordonna Fulop

Abstract

CBTRUS does not collect data directly from patients' medical records. As noted, data for CBTRUS analyses come from the NPCR and SEER programs. By law, all primary malignant and non-malignant brain tumors are reportable diseases. Hence, tumor registrars in treatment centers collect these data and sen...

Subject

Central nervous system

Primary (astronomy)

Medicine

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