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The incidence of cerebral glioma in the working population: a forgotten cancer?

British Journal of Cancer volume 73, pages 252–254 (1996)Cite this article

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We studied the incidence of intracranial tumours in Lothian Region in south-east Scotland in 1989-90. Among 106 patients resident in the Region, 60 (57%) were of working age (15-64 years). All but two cases (97%) were histologically confirmed. The average annual incidence of cerebral glioma in this age range was 5.9 (95% CI 3.8-8.0) per 100,000 per year. Cerebral glioma will affect approximately 2100 people of working age in the UK every year.

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Grant, R., Collie, D. & Counsell, C. The incidence of cerebral glioma in the working population: a forgotten cancer?. Br J Cancer 73, 252–254 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1996.44

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