Epidemiological survey of central nervous system germ cell tumors in Canadian children
- 22 November 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Neuro-Oncology
- Vol. 82 (3), 289-295
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-006-9282-2
Abstract
To determine the incidence and characteristics of pediatric patients with central nervous system (CNS) germ cell tumors (GCT) in Canada.Keywords
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