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Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Primary

Known as: CNS primary tumor, NOS, Primary Central Nervous System Neoplasm, Primary Central Nervous System Neoplasms 
A benign or malignant neoplasm that arises from the brain or the spinal cord.
National Institutes of Health

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Central Nervous System Neoplasms

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Age-incidence patterns of primary CNS tumors in children, adolescents, and adults in England.
Around 25% of all tumors in those 0-14 years of age and 9% in those 15-24 years of age involve the CNS. They are the most common… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Clinical epidemiology for childhood primary central nervous system tumors
This work was conducted by the French Brain Tumor Data Bank (FBTDB) and aims to prospectively record all primary central nervous… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Second neoplasms in pediatric patients with primary central nervous system tumors
Details on second neoplasms (SNs) following pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors are scant, because of the rarity of… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Metabolic characterization of childhood brain tumors
Positron emission tomography (PET) scans of primary brain tumors were performed in pediatric patients to examine whether… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Reirradiation of primary CNS tumors.
Review
1991
Review
1991
The risks of metastases from shunting in children with primary central nervous system tumors.
The authors reviewed the hospital charts of 415 pediatric patients treated for benign or malignant primary brain tumors over the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Neoplasms of the central nervous system in Norway
The Norwegian Cancer registry includes reports on 8,933 cases of primary central nervous system neoplasms diagnosed in the period… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Leptomeningeal dissemination of primary central nervous system tumors of childhood
Presymptomatic craniospinal radiation therapy improves the rate of survival for children with brain tumors, which frequently… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Mononuclear lymphoid populations infiltrating the microenvironment of primary CNS tumors. Characterization of cell subsets with monoclonal antibodies.
Mononuclear cell infiltrates are found to varying degrees in 30% to 60% of primary human central nervous system (CNS) gliomas. To… 
Review
1981
Review
1981
The cytopathology of cerebrospinal fluid. II. Metastatic cancer, meningeal carcinomatosis and primary central nervous system neoplasms.
: The evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) requires adaption of basic cytopathologic principles to the specific neoplasms that… 
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