## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Adult medulloblastoma accounts for less than 1% of adult intracranial tumors. Previous survival studies have been inconclusive because of small sample sizes and patient ascertainment bias. ## METHODS. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 17 registries
Survival results in adult patients treated for medulloblastoma
β Scribed by Mark B. Hazuka; David A. Debiose; Randal H. Henderson; Jeannie J. Kinzie
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 535 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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