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01-09-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Brain tumors incidences and a retrospective clinical analysis from a tertiary hospital in India

Authors: Ravindra Pramod Deshpande, Deepak Babu, Manas Panigrahi, Y. B. V. K. Chandra Sekhar, Phanithi Prakash Babu

Published in: Journal of Neuro-Oncology | Issue 2/2016

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Brain tumor is a collection of abnormally grown cells in brain, contributing total 256,213 new cases reported globally in 2012. In USA, 68,470 brain tumor cases were reported in the year 2015 [1]. Overall, males are reported to be more prone to brain tumors than females with 7.7 males and 5.4 females per 100,000 persons [2]. World Health Organization (WHO) has classified brain tumors into diverse groups based on histopathological features and cellular origin [3]. Among all groups, gliomas appear to be the most common primary brain tumors [1, 3]. Despite of aggressive chemo and radio therapy, the median survival age for malignant gliomas is very low [4]. …

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Title: Brain tumors incidences and a retrospective clinical analysis from a tertiary hospital in India
Authors: Ravindra Pramod Deshpande
Deepak Babu
Manas Panigrahi
Y. B. V. K. Chandra Sekhar
Phanithi Prakash Babu
Publication date: 01-09-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Neuro-Oncology / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0167-594X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-016-2183-0

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