Pediatric central nervous system tumors: a single-center experience from 1989 to 2009

The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiology of primary tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) in pediatric patients from a Brazilian oncology institute. We retrospectively analyzed 741 charts (415 males and 326 females) of patients under 21 years of age who were diagnosed with...

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Published in:	Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology Vol. 33; no. 8; pp. 605 - 609
Main Authors:	Pinho, Ricardo Silva, Andreoni, Solange, Silva, Nasjla Saba, Cappellano, Andrea Maria, Masruha, Marcelo Rodrigues, Cavalheiro, Sérgio, Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-12-2011
Subjects:	Adolescent Astrocytoma - epidemiology Brazil - epidemiology Central Nervous System Neoplasms - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Choriocarcinoma - epidemiology Craniopharyngioma - epidemiology Ependymoma - epidemiology Female Headache - epidemiology Humans Incidence Infant Male Medulloblastoma - epidemiology Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - epidemiology Prevalence Retrospective Studies Sex Distribution Teratoma - epidemiology Young Adult Brazil
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