Geographical variability in survival of European children with central nervous system tumours

Survival for childhood central nervous system (CNS) tumours varies across Europe, partly because of the difficulty of distinguishing malignant from non-malignant disease. This study examines bias in CNS tumours survival analysis to obtain the reliable and comparable survival figures. We analysed sur...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of cancer (1990) 2017-09, Vol.82, p.137-148
Hauptverfasser: Gatta, G., Peris-Bonet, R., Marcos-Gragera, R., Sánchez, M.-J., Lacour, B., Kaatsch, P., Rutkowski, S., Zielonke, N., Henau, K., Dimitrova, N., Sekerija, M., Aareleid, T., Malila, N., Seppä, K., Uhry, Z., Colonna, M., Desandes, E., Brenner, H., Katalinic, A., Jakab, Z., Mazzoleni, G., Bulatko, A., Mancuso, P., Ferretti, S., Barchielli, A., Caldarella, A., Amash, H., Baili, P., Bonfarnuzzo, S., Botta, L., Capocaccia, R., Di Salvo, F., Margutti, C., Meneghini, E., Trama, A., Serraino, D., Caldora, M., Carrani, E., Francisci, S., Mallone, S., Pierannunzio, D., Roazzi, P., Rossi, S., Santaquilani, M., Tavilla, A., Pannozzo, F., Marani, E., Pascucci, C., Spagnoli, G., Vitale, M.F., Vitale, F., Michiara, M., Mangone, L., Di Felice, E., Sechi, O., Piffer, S., Tisano, F., Fanetti, A.C., Stracci, F., Bianconi, F., Contiero, P., Rugge, M., Guzzinati, S., Johannesen, T.B., Błaszczyk, J., Bębenek, M., Bielska-Lasota, M., Forjaz de Lacerda, G., Castro, C., Mayer-da-Silva, A., Safaei Diba, C., Primic-Zakelj, M., Errezola, M., Bidaurrazaga, J., Marcos-Navarro, A.I., Sanchez, M.J., Chang, D.Y.L., Navarro, C., Chirlaque, M.D., Moreno-Iribas, C., Ardanaz, E., Pardo Romaguera, E., Galceran, J., Carulla, M., Lambe, M., Bouchardy, C., Frick, H., Lorez, M., Herrmann, C., Spitale, A., Konzelmann, I., Otter, R., Coleman, M., Verne, J., Donnelly, C.
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Zusammenfassung:Survival for childhood central nervous system (CNS) tumours varies across Europe, partly because of the difficulty of distinguishing malignant from non-malignant disease. This study examines bias in CNS tumours survival analysis to obtain the reliable and comparable survival figures. We analysed survival data for about 15,000 children (age
ISSN:0959-8049
1879-0852
DOI:10.1016/j.ejca.2017.05.028