Epidemiology of meningiomas post‐Public Law 107‐206: The Benign Brain Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act

BACKGROUND The current analysis follows the implementation of Public Law 107‐260, the Benign Brain Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act, which mandated the collection of nonmalignant brain tumors. METHODS Meningiomas were selected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program...

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Published in:	Cancer Vol. 121; no. 14; pp. 2400 - 2410
Main Authors:	Dolecek, Therese A., Dressler, Emily Van Meter, Thakkar, Jigisha P., Liu, Meng, Al‐Qaisi, Abeer, Villano, John L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15-07-2015
Subjects:	Age Age Factors Benign benign tumor Black or African American - statistics & numerical data Brain Brain cancer Brain tumors Cancer Cancer therapies Collection Confidence intervals Demographics Diagnostic systems Epidemiology Humans Incidence Learning curves Legislation as Topic malignant tumor Meningeal Neoplasms - epidemiology Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology Meninges Meningioma Meningioma - epidemiology Meningioma - pathology Oncology Patients Population (statistical) Population Surveillance prognosis Public law Quality Race Radiation Registries SEER Program - legislation & jurisprudence Statistical analysis Statistical methods Surgery Surveillance Survival treatment trend Tumors United States - epidemiology United States meningioma treatment benign tumor trend survival malignant tumor incidence prognosis
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