Brain tumours: incidence, survival, and aetiology
Open Access
- 1 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 75 (suppl_2), ii12-ii17
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2004.040741
Abstract
The descriptions in this paper focus on primary tumours of the brain. It excludes data on spinal cord tumours, metastatic tumours, whose origins are external to the central nervous system, and primary brain lymphomas, which are essentially haematological malignancies.Keywords
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