TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Tumors of the Central Nervous System
A1  - Weathers, Shiao-Pei
A1  - O’Brien, Barbara
A1  - Groot, John de
A1  - Mahajan, Commentary: Anita
A1  - Prabhu, Commentary: Sujit S.
A2  - Kantarjian, Hagop M.
A2  - Wolff, Robert A.
PY  - 2016
T2  - The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology, 3e
AB  - Brain  tumors  are  a  heterogeneous  group  of  lesions  that  range  from  benign,  slow-growing  tumors  found  only  incidentally  on  autopsy,  to  malignant,  rapidly  growing  tumors  that  cause  death  within  months.  The  most  common  intracranial  tumors  are  brain  metastases  from  systemic  cancer,  estimated  at  200,000  new  cases  per  year  in  the  United  States,  based  on  a  10%  to  15%  incidence  (1).  In  comparison,  the  incidence  of  primary  brain  and  spinal  cord  tumors  for  2014  was  estimated  at  23,380  new  cases  (American  Cancer  Society  2014  Facts  and  Figures  [http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@research/documents/webcontent/acspc-042151.pdf  (or,  cancer.org]).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Medical
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126744985
ER  -